{"id":5358,"date":"2020-10-21T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=5358"},"modified":"2020-10-20T11:56:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T16:56:31","slug":"workers-compensation-is-exclusive-remedy-for-co-worker-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=5358","title":{"rendered":"Workers\u2019 Compensation Is Exclusive Remedy for Co-Worker Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"180\" src=\"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/documents-2.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1918\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In a contractor\u2019s action for damages from on-the-job-injuries, defendant raised the defense of plaintiff\u2019s status as a statutory employee, for whom workers\u2019 compensation statutes provide the exclusive remedy. Statutory employee status depends in part on whether the contractor was doing work in the usual course of the defendant\u2019s business. Defendant\u2019s business was \u201cto distribute and deliver its products to its customers [,]\u201d for which it would have used its own employees, if it were not using contractors.<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.mo.gov\/file.jsp?id=167355\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Robby Sebacher, Appellant, vs. Midland Paper Company, Respondent.<\/em><\/a><br>Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District &#8211; ED108615<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Struggling financially? Please contact our office at 816-524-4949 or you can visit our website at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:https:\/\/www.hoorfarlaw.com\/\">hoorfarlaw.com<\/a>&nbsp;to schedule an appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a contractor\u2019s action for damages from on-the-job-injuries, defendant raised the defense of plaintiff\u2019s status as a statutory employee, for whom workers\u2019 compensation statutes provide the exclusive remedy. Statutory employee status depends in part on whether the contractor was doing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=5358\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[267,811],"class_list":["post-5358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-attorney","tag-injury"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5358"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5361,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5358\/revisions\/5361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}