Watkins v. USA Trucking, Inc.

RITA W. GRUBER, Judge.

IxJoe Watkins appeals the denial of his workers’ compensation claim that, while working as a long-haul truck driver and unloading tires from a tractor trailer, he suffered a compensable injury to his back and was entitled to medical and total-temporary disability benefits related to the injury. USA Trucking, Inc., controverted the claim in its entirety, contending that Watkins was not a USA employee. The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission, affirming and adopting a decision of an administrative law judge, found that Watkins failed to prove the existence of an…