Legal Opinion
William Rolick v. Collins Pine Company and Collins Pine Company, T/d/b/a Kane Hardwood Division
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 5, 1991No. 90-3313PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
NYGAARD, Circuit Judge.
In this diversity case we must decide whether William Rolick is an independent contractor or a statutory employee within the meaning of the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act, 77 Pa.Stat.Ann. §§ 1-1603 (Purdon 1987) (“PWCA”). Rol-ick was a logger. One winter day while cutting timber in the Allegheny National Forest, Rolick was struck by a birch tree which broke his neck. He is now a quadriplegic. At the time of the accident, Rolick was cutting timber for the Nortim Corporation (“Nortim”) and Collins Pine Company, Kane Hardwood Division (“Kane”)…
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