Hamilton Trucking/Hamilton Terminal Corp. v. Springer

Opinion

BAKER, J.

This unusual appeal from a decision of the Industrial Commission of Virginia (commission), although jointly made in the name of Hamilton Trucking Company, a division of Hamilton Terminal Corporation (Hamilton), is in fact an appeal made on behalf of Hamilton’s insurance carrier, United States Fidelity and Guaranty (insurer). The issue presented is whether the record contains sufficient facts to support the commission’s finding that James E. Springer (claimant) was an employee of Hamilton, and not an independent contractor, at the time of his injury. The commission found that…