Smith v. Weber

Opinion

BARROW, J.

This appeal from the Industrial Commission questions whether a contractor is responsible for workers’ compensation benefits for a subcontractor’s employee if the contractor has no employees but two of his subcontractors have a total of three employees between them. We agree with the Industrial Commission that the total number of persons employed by the subcontractors should be counted when calculating whether the contractor employs the minimum number of workers required for workers’ compensation coverage. For this reason, we affirm the Commission’s decision.

Eric C. Smith, an…