Van Camp v. Olen Burrage Trucking, Inc.

WORKMAN, Justice:

This case arises by certified question from the Circuit Court of Brooke County to resolve the issue of whether Olen Burrage Trucking, Inc. (“Burrage Trucking”) is an employer subject to the workers’ compensation laws of this state. Having reviewed the relevant facts and law pertaining to this issue, we conclude that Burrage Trucking lacked sufficient business contacts with the State of West Virginia to require it as the employer of James E. Van Camp (“Van Camp”) to subscribe to the West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Fund (“Fund”).

On September 21, 1985, Van Camp, while in the…