Merick Trucking, Inc. v. Missouri Division of Employment Security, Labor & Industrial Relations Commission

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

This action involves a petition for judicial review of a decision by the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (Commission) under the Missouri Employment Security Law, chapter 288, RSMo.1 The Commission affirmed a decision from the Appeals Tribunal of the Missouri Division of Employment Security holding that a trucker was an employee rather than an independent contractor under the provisions of § 288.034.5.

The only issue before this Court is whether William Haynes, as an independent contractor, leased a truck and trailer from Mer-ick Trucking, Inc. (Meriek), or whether…