State Compensation Fund v. Yellow Cab Co.

OPINION

TOCI, Judge.

¶ 1 The State Compensation Fund (“the Fund”) and Travelers Indemnity Company (“Travelers”) sued four corporations (collectively ‘Yellow Cab”), alleging that Yellow Cab taxi drivers were employees covered by workers’ compensation and that Yellow Cab had failed to pay necessary insurance premiums. The trial court concluded that Central Management Co. v. Industrial Comm’n, 162 Ariz. 187, 781 P.2d 1374 (App.1989), which affirmed an award of workers’ compensation benefits to a taxi driver, required a finding that Yellow Cab drivers were employees and not independent contractors.…