Coviello v. Industrial Commission

The sole question presented in this case is whether the relationship of the cab corporation and the plaintiff’s decedent was that of employer and employee within the terms of the Workmen’s Compensation Act.

A written contract was entered into by the company and the plaintiff’s decedent. This contract is in terms an agreement for the lease of a taxicab by the former to the latter. For the use of this taxicab for a twelve-hour period, a flat rental charge was fixed, and an additional rental agreed upon, six and one-half cents for every mile in excess of one hundred miles during such twelve-hour…