C.W. Transport, Inc. v. Labor & Industry Review Commission

C. W. Transport, Inc., appeals from a judgment affirming the Labor and Industrial Review Commission's decision that Dennis HodorfF was entitled to worker's compensation. The issue is whether LIRC properly concluded that claimant's injury was within the scope of his employment with C. W. when the injury occurred during a "trip-lease" of his tractor-trailer unit to another carrier entered by claimant in his name. We accept LIRC's conclusion and affirm the judgment.

Claimant is the owner-operator of a tractor-trailer. He leased his unit to C. W., which concedes that claimant was its employe when…