Martin Trucking Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

This is an appeal by Martin Trucking Company (Martin) from a determination by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that Martin was the employer of Walter Andrushenko (Claimant) and, *369as such, was responsible for the payment of benefits due him under The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act1 as a result of his being injured on the job and totally and permanently disabled. We affirm.

The issue in this case is one which we have confronted before; namely, when the owner of a truck leases it to another and supplies the driver, is the driver an employe of…