Staffing Agency Not Liable for Worker Loaned to Second Employer

A temporary staffing agency is not required to pay the workers' compensation claim for a worker it assigned to an employer because the worker was injured while "on loan" to another employer without knowledge of the staffing agency, Wisconsin's 2nd District Court of Appeals ruled.Case: M.M. Schranz Roofing Inc. et al. v. First Choice Temporary et al., 2011AP345, published, 12/21/2011.Facts: M.M. Schranz Roofing Inc., to satisfy a Milwaukee Public Schools requirement that minority subcontractors receive a percentage of its work, contracted with P.L. Freeman Roofing. Freeman was a one-man...