Legal Opinion
Welch v. Home Two, Inc.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided September 19, 2000No. 00-236PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Norman and Bobbie Jo Welch appeal from an order of the Chittenden Superior Court dismissing their negligence claim against defendant, Home Two, Inc. Plaintiffs contend that the court erred in finding that Home Two, Inc. was Norman Welch’s statutory employer within the meaning of the Workers’ Compensation Act, 21 V.S.A. §§ 622, 624 (the Act), and that plaintiffs’ common law claims are therefore barred under the employer-immunity of the Act. We affirm.
In January 1998, Norman Welch worked as a project supervisor for Leelair Brothers Inc., an electrical subcontractor, at a construction project at…
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