The question of whether an employee and sole owner of a carpentry business was an independent contractor or an employee of the general contractor is not appropriate for jury consideration, counsel for the general contractor argued before the state Supreme Court last week.
On Nov. 19, John J. Hare of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, who represented the defendant in Patton v. Worthington Associates, argued that the statutory employer issue is a matter of law and should not be an issue for a jury’s determination. The Supreme Court heard arguments in the case, which is expected to have lasting effects on the state’s statutory employer law, during its oral argument session in Harrisburg.
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