Transportation Broker Qualified as injured Driver's statutory Employer

The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a transportation broker that hired an uninsured company to make a delivery for its client could be held liable for the workers' compensation benefits payable to the delivery company's injured driver. Case: Atiapo v. Goree Logistics, No. COA14-977, 03/17/2015, published. Facts: Owen Thomas Inc., a transportation broker, entered into a contract with Goree Logistics to secure the delivery of goods for Sunny Ridge Farms. The agreement provided that Goree would exercise full control over the work it performed in transporting the goods, and t...