Freeman Mechanical, Inc. v. J.W. Bateson Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “The majority rule is that one who has obligations under the Act enjoys the immunities under the Act.”
• upstream employer is secondarily liable for payment of compensation benefits to a statutory employee
• although compensation benefits were paid by injured worker’s immediate employer, the prime contractor, as worker’s statutory employer, was potentially liable to worker and, therefore, was entitled to the Act’s immunity from common law claims

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).