Pennsylvania High Court Dismisses Joint Employer Appeal As ‘Improvidently Granted’

(January 25, 2017, 12:56 PM EST) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — In a one-sentence per curiam opinion, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Dec. 16 dismissed as ‘improvidently granted” an appeal of an appellate ruling that Saladworks LLC is not a joint employer of a franchisee’s worker who was injured on the job under state workers’ compensation law (Saladworks LLC, et al. v. Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, et al., No. 52 MAP 2016, Pa. Sup., Middle Dist.)....