Watkins v. Bi-State Development Agency

GERALD M. SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Kloster Construction Company (Kloster) and the City of St. Louis (City) appeal from a Labor and Industrial Relations Commission award holding each of them liable to claimant Gerald Watkins (Watkins) for workers’ compensation benefits. The Commission affirmed a decision by the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) finding that Watkins was an employee of both Kloster and the City. The ALJ also found that Watkins was not an employee of Bi-State Development Agency (Bi-State). We affirm. 1

Viewed in the light most favorable to the Commission’s award, the facts are as…