This is the case of employee David Vinson Jr., who was hired by the temporary employment agency Diversified Sourcing Solutions and then assigned to work for G & R Mineral Services, Inc at a lime quarry. After inhaling lime dust, Vinson was hospitalized and stopped working. He was initially awarded worker's compensation benefits from Diversified, but these payments ceased when Diversified's insurance carrier became insolvent.
Vinson then sued G & R for benefits, but the company claimed that it was not his direct employer. This led to a dispute over whether G & R was a "special employer" of Vinson, shielding it from liability. The trial court ruled in favor of G & R, but the case was appealed to the Supreme Court of Alabama. The majority of the justices sided with the lower court ruling, but one dissenting justice argued that G & R's claim of not being Vinson's employer raised factual concerns that should have been considered by a jury.
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