Legal Opinion
Peck v. Delaware County Board of Prison Inspectors
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 31, 2002No. 3 MAP 2002PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
Justice NEWMAN.
We granted this appeal to determine whether the Delaware County Board of Prison Inspectors (“the Board”) is the “statutory” employer, pursuant to Section 203 of the Workers’ Compensation Act (“the Act”),1 of John Peck (“Appellee”), a corrections officer at the Delaware County Prison (“Prison”), employed by the Wackenhut Corrections Corporation (“Wackenhut”). We hold that the Board is not the statutory employer of Appellee.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
The Board is the entity statutorily empowered to oversee the operations of the…
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