Yellow Cab Cooperative, Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

RACANELLI, P. J.

Petitioners Yellow Cab Cooperative, Inc. (Yellow) and Golden Eagle Insurance Co. challenge a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (Board) holding that Yellow was the employer, for workers’ compensation purposes, of applicant Richard Edwinson, a cabdriver. We have concluded that the Board did not err.

I. Background

Prior to 1976, the drivers of Yellow cabs were unionized employees. In 1976 the company went into bankruptcy. In 1979 it adopted a system under which drivers leased cabs and were no longer deemed employees of the company.

Applicant first drove a…