Fred Stevens Tree Co. v. Harrison

In this workers’ compensation appeal, Fred Stevens Tree Company (Fred Stevens) appeals an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) determining *1110that it, and not AMS Staff Leasing (AMS), was the employer of the claimant, Scott Harrison, and therefore required to pay all the benefits associated with Harrison’s claim for benefits. The claimant argues that AMS was estopped from denying that claimant was its employee based on the course of dealing of the parties. The JCC erroneously declined to consider whether the doctrine of equitable estoppel could be applied to estop AMS from denying…