Donahue v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

LANKFORD, Presiding Judge.

The issue presented in this review of an Industrial Commission decision is whether an employer is subject to the Workers’ Compensation Act when, although it is unusual for him to employ any workers, he hires a temporary employee for a task in the employer’s usual trade. Coverage in this situation is governed by Ariz.Rev.Stat.Ann. (“A.R.S.”) section 23-902(A), which provides in part:

*175Employers subject to the provisions of this chapter are ... every person who has in his employ any workmen or operatives regularly employed in the same business or establishment…