Opinion ID: 4561138
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Text: Cesar Aboytes-Mosqueda was working on a roofing job when he slipped and fell from the roof. Aboytes-Mosqueda brought a workers’ compensation claim against Ismael Huerta and LFA Inc. Aboytes-Mosqueda claims that Huerta was his employer and that Huerta and LFA conducted a scheme to avoid liability under the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act. Aboytes-Mosqueda claims that LFA should be considered a statutory employer pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-116 (Reissue 2010). The court considered the evidence presented - 279 - Nebraska Supreme Court Advance Sheets 306 Nebraska Reports ABOYTES-MOSQUEDA v. LFA INC. Cite as 306 Neb. 277 and dismissed the claim, because Aboytes-Mosqueda failed to prove he was an employee of Huerta. We affirm.