Broadway Deluxe Cab Co. v. National Council on Compensation Insurance

Broadway Deluxe Cab Company (Broadway) petitions for review of a Department of Insurance and Finance (DIF) order directing it to pay SAIF, its workers’ compensation carrier, premiums for its “shift lease” taxi drivers. We reverse and remand.

There are no material factual disputes. Broadway owns taxi permits issued by the City of Portland. Each permit allows Broadway to operate one taxi, 24 hours a day. Because Broadway owns no taxis, it sells the right to use its taxi permits to taxi owners,1 who pay a fixed weekly fee to Broadway for its administrative and dispatching services. The…