Surestaff, Inc. v. Azteca Foods, Inc.

Plaintiff, Surestaff, Inc. (Surestaff), appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County which entered judgment on a jury verdict in favor of defendant, Azteca Foods, Inc. (Azteca). By special interrogatory, the jury found that the parties had agreed Surestaff would provide workers’ compensation benefits for its loaned employees who were injured at Azteca’s jobsites.

This appeal arises from the following facts: On February 20, 2003, Rodrigo Mina’s hand was crushed while he was trying to remove tortillas from a conveyor belt at Azteca’s plant in Chicago. At the time of the accident,…