Dempster v. Waste Management Inc.

WETTICK, J.,

The subject of this opinion and order of court is Waste Management Inc.’s motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff has sued Waste Management to recover damages which he sustained when he was injured while riding on the rear step of a Waste Management truck. In this motion for summary judgment, Waste Management seeks dismissal of plaintiff’s claims on the ground that at the time of the accident Waste Management was plaintiff’s employer under the borrowed servant doctrine and is therefore immune from suit under section 481 of the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act, Act of June 2,…