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Gonzalez v. Lamb Weston11/22/2005
y employers."
The legislature did not engraft into the statutes defining those who are called statutory employers any requirement that they have the intent to circumvent the worker's compensation laws. Employers certainly may engage the services of contractors for other reasons. Although the legislature's purpose in broadening the definition of employer was to prevent circumvention of the worker's compensation laws, it did not require that a person or entity have such intent in order to be classified as a statutory employer. Indeed, under Gonzalez's argument, those who hired contractors with the intent of circumventing the worker's compensation laws would have immunity, while those who hired contractors for other reasons would not.
III. CONCLUSION
We affirm the judgment of the district court dismissing the complaint as to Lamb Weston and award costs on appeal to Lamb Weston.
Chief Justice SCHROEDER and Justices TROUT, BURDICK and JONES CONCUR.
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