A garbage man who got his job through a temp agency couldn’t sue the trash company after he collected workers’ compensation benefits from the agency because Waste Management enjoyed exclusive remedy protections as Kevin Holmes’ special employer, the New Jersey appellate court decided.
Case: Holmes v. Zayas, No. A-0591-15T2, Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division, 10/13/2017, unpublished.
Facts: Holmes was finishing a shift in the early morning hours of Nov. 22, 2011, when he was struck by a car driven by Jose Zayas.
Holmes worked for Waste Management through ...
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