# Bifalco v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 11, 2005 · 583 Pa. 37

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6267697

## Case

- **Full name:** Debra BIFALCO v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (George Hafer, Individually and d/b/a George Hafer Trucking and Eastern Transport and Warehousing, Inc.) Petition of Eastern Transport and Warehousing, Inc.
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** May 11, 2005
- **Citations:** 583 Pa. 37; 874 A.2d 1145; 2005 Pa. LEXIS 991
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 11th day of May 2005, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal in the above captioned matter is GRANTED, as to the following issues:
Whether the Commonwealth Court erred in holding that petitioner motor carrier is respondent’s employer when it did not exercise the requisite control over respondent’s activities?
*38 Whether the Commonwealth Court erred in holding that joint and several liability can be appropriate under the workers’ compensation liability scheme?
The Application for Supersedeas is DENIED.

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