Jury Decides Existence of Employment Relationship for Chicken Farm Worker

Maryland’s highest court ruled that a jury properly decided the question of whether a chicken farm worker was an employee of the poultry producer who owned the birds he tended. Case: Tyson Farms v. Uninsured Employer’s Fund, No. 5, 11/20/2020, published.  Facts: In 2009, Mauro Garcia began working at a chicken farm owned by Terry Ung. The chickens were owned by Tyson Farms Inc., the largest chicken producer in the country. Tyson had contracted with Ung to raise the chickens. Ung fell ill toward the end of 2009 and Garcia began managing the farm. Ung died and his widow becam...