Collins v. James Paul Edwards, Inc.

PARKER, Judge.

By executing Industrial Commission Forms 21 and 26, Edwards and its compensation insurance carrier admitted their liability to pay compensation to the injured employee. The question presented by this appeal is whether the Industrial Commission was correct as a matter of law in ruling that Wooten Asphalt Company and its compensation insurance carrier must share in that liability. More precisely, the question is whether the facts disclosed by the record support the Commission’s conclusion of law that a joint employment relationship existed such as to make both Edwards and Wooten…