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SIX L'S PACKING v. W.C.A.B. (WILLIAMSON)

No. 46 EAP 2011.

44 A.3d 1148 (2012)

SIX L'S PACKING COMPANY and its Claims Administrator, Broadspire Services, Inc., Appellants v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (WILLIAMSON), Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 29, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharolyn L. Murphy , Philadelphia, for Six L's Packing Co. and its Claims Administrator, Broadspire Services, Inc.

Amber Marie Kenger , Richard C. Lengler , Workers Compensation Appeal Board, Harrisburg, for Workers Compensation Appeal Board.

Jennifer Chun Strawn , Jeffrey L. Zeitz , Sand and Saidel, P.C., Philadelphia, for Kevin Williamson.

Erich Mark Diehl , PA Workers' Compensation Appeal Board, Philadelphia, Thomas Joseph Kuzma, Harrisburg, for Appellee Amicus Curiae, Department of Labor and Industry, Bureau of Workers' Compensation.

Paul Timothy Kelly , Mattise & Kelly, P.C., for Appellee Amicus Curiae, Pennsylvania Association for Justice.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.

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:

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