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PECK v. DEL. CTY. BD. OF PRISON INSPECTORS

765 A.2d 1190 (2001)

John PECK, Appellant, v. DELAWARE COUNTY BOARD OF PRISON INSPECTORS.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 22, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Dougherty, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Thomas c. Gallagher, Media, for appellee.

Before DOYLE, President Judge, LEADBETTER, Judge, and LEDERER, Senior Judge.

DOYLE, President Judge.

John Peck appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County granting the motion for summary judgment of the Delaware County Board of Prison Inspectors (Prison Board or BPI) on the basis that the Prison Board is Peck's "statutory employer" and, therefore, may not be sued in a negligence action by him. We reverse.

Peck was a corrections officer employed by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation (Wackenhut) when he slipped...

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