Insurer Can't Deny Comp Coverage After Agent's False Certificate for Dish Network

A Pennsylvania appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a satellite dish installer was an employee, not an independent contractor, but that Dish Network should not have been held liable as his statutory employer because an insurer’s agent falsely certified that workers' compensation coverage was in place. According to the ruling in J&S Technology Solutions Inc. v. Gonzalez, Wilben Gonzalez suffered disabling injuries in October 2019 when he fell from a ladder while installing a Dish Network satellite dish, a job contracted by J&S Technology Solutions. The Commonwealth Court...