Yellow Cab of Chatham County, Inc. v. Karwoski

Blackburn, Judge.

The sole issue before us in this workers’ compensation case is whether Francis R. Karwoski was an independent contractor or an employee.

Karwoski was injured while driving a taxicab for Yellow Cab of Chatham County, Inc. (Yellow Cab). Relying upon this Court’s decision in Worrell v. Yellow Cab Co., 146 Ga. App. 748 (247 SE2d 569) (1978), the cases cited therein, and certain provisions of the Savannah City Code, the administrative law judge found that Yellow Cab was estopped to deny that Karwoski was its employee. On this basis, it granted his summary judgment motion for…