Zizza v. Dresher Mechanical Contractors, Inc.

JOHNSON, Judge:

We are asked to determine whether the owner of a construction site and the contractor on that site qualify as statutory employers of a subcontractor’s employee, and are thus immune from an action at law for damages under the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (the Act). Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. § 1, et seq. We find that the owner does not qualify as a statutory employer, but that the contractor does qualify as a statutory employer within the meaning of the Act.

This case comes to us on appeal from orders granting motions for summary judgment.…