Earley v. Industrial Commission

The claimant, Larry E. Earley, filed an application for adjustment of claim pursuant to the Workers’ Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.) for a back injury he alleged arose out of and in the course of his employment with the respondent, Crown Transport, Inc. The respondent disputed that there was an employer-employee relationship between the respondent and the claimant. After a hearing on the claimant’s application, the arbitrator determined that there was not an employer-employee relationship between the claimant and the respondent at the time of the claimant’s…