Six L'S Packing Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

The questions presented center on whether Appellant bears liability for workers’ compensation benefits as a statutory employer of an injured truck driver employed by an independent contractor.

Pursuant to Section 302(a) of the Workers’ Compensation Act, 1 certain “contractors” bear secondary liability for compensation to injured workers employed by their “subcontractors,” as follows:

A contractor who subcontracts all or any part of a contract and his insurer shall be liable for the payment of compensation to the employes of the subcontractor unless the subcon tractor…