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Joseph Barry Employee
vs.
Jerry Good Refrigerated Employer
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Issues:
Workers' compensation, employer liability.
Case Summary:
Joseph Barry, a truck driver, files a workers' compensation claim for an injury he sustained while working for Jerry Good Refrigerated. The parties do not dispute that the injury was work related. However, Good challenged the claim, arguing that Barry was working as an independent contractor.
Decision of lower jurisdiction:
This is the first administrative review of this case.
Outcome:
Barry loses. A Compensation Claims Judge for the Florida Department of Labor and Employment Security ruled that Barry was working as an independent contractor at the time of his injury. Therefore, Good was not liable for Barry's workers' compensation claim.