Court Rejects Staffing Company's Indemnification Claim Against Injured Worker's Employer

A Texas appellate court ruled that a staffing agency was not entitled to indemnification from a client company for the settlement it paid after one of its workers caused injury to the client’s employee. Case: Remedy Intelligent Staff v. Drake Alliance Corp., No. 14-16-00241-CV, 10/05/2017, published. Facts and procedural history: Remedy Intelligent Staff began supplying temporary workers to the Drake Alliance Corp. in the early 2000s. Though Remedy had written agreements with its larger clients, Remedy and Drake did not operate under a written agreement. Instead, Drake would telephone ...