Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2011

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

Six L'S Packing Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided July 14, 2011
611 Pa. 273; 24 A.3d 859; 2011 Pa. LEXIS 1559

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

Opinion of the Court

*274 ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 14th day of July, 2011, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the following issues, as framed by Petitioners:

Whether a claimant must meet the five part test articulated by the Supreme Court in the seminal case of McDonald v. Levinson Steel Co., 302 Pa. 287, 153 A. 424 (1930) to establish “statutory employer” status!?]
Whether an owner of property can be a “statutory employer,” under the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act and existing case law, in the face of 80 years of precedent finding the contrary!?]

Allocatur is denied as to the remaining issue.

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