Corporate Parent of Borrowing Employer Not Civilly Liable for Worker's Injuries

A Texas appellate court overturned a jury’s finding that a borrowing employer’s corporate parent was civilly liable to a worker for his on-the-job injuries. Case: Lippert Components Inc. v. Williams, No. 01-22-00501-CV, 05/01/2025, published. Facts: Quinton Williams worked for Diversified Sourcing Solutions, a temporary staffing company. Diversified sent him to work at a Kinro Texas Inc. facility. Kinro is a subsidiary of Lippert Components Inc. While Williams was unloading glass sheets from a cart in August 2015, some of the sheets began to fall. Williams reached out to try to...