Part I of this “nonemployee, employee” mini-series introduced the three types of “employers” and began the discussion regarding what constitutes...

“The vital test in determining whether a workman furnished by [the primary employer] is a servant of [the special employer]...

Employee-employer relationships regarding workers’ compensation are complicated by the IRS, industrial commissions, the courts and state statute. Each has its...

Second (or subsequent) injury funds (SIFs) have been abolished in 20 states. Alabama and Maine began this movement in 1992,...

Injuries or illnesses established as compensable under applicable workers’ compensation law require prescribed benefits be paid to the injured employee....

Eighteenth century pirates and a nineteenth century German “Iron” Chancellor preceded the United States in the creation of a social...

Upper tier contractors seek to avoid the financial costs that can arise out of bodily injury or property damage to...