Insurer can’t deny comp coverage after agent’s false certificate for Dish NetworkA Pennsylvania appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a satellite dish installer was an employee, not an independent contractor, but that Dish Network should not have been held liable as his statutory employer because an insurer’s agent falsely certified that workers compensation coverage was in place. Dish Network relied on the certificate and continued allowing J&S to perform installations. A comp judge subsequently held Dish Network secondarily liable as Mr. Gonzalez’s statutory employer because J&S was uninsured. The Commonwealth Court reversed that portion of the ruling, finding Brickstreet was equitably estopped from denying the represented coverage as to Dish Network. The court remanded the case for additional proceedings, including consideration of reimbursement for benefits Dish Network had already paid.