Stoica v. Pocol

WALTERS, Justice.

This is an Industrial Commission ease where the Commission found that an employer/employee relationship existed and that there was no basis within the statutory scheme to exempt the employer from the obligation to carry worker’s compensation insurance. We affirm the decision of the Commission.

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

Petre Stoica was injured in a work-related accident on August 15, 1997. He had been hired by Daniel Pocol, who trained him to help in Poeol’s carpet laying business. Stoica and Pocol are Romanian immigrants, and Pocol offered Stoica work to get him on his feet and even…