Hill v. E&L FARMS

ON REHEARING

BISTLINE, Justice.

Russet Potato Company (Russet), the employer, and United States Fidelity Guarantee Company (USF & G), Russet’s worker’s compensation surety, appeal from the Industrial Commission’s decision finding Russet to be the employer of the claimant Dean Hill (Hill). The claimant was injured while working on a potato seed duster conveyor belt at E & L Farms. Russet contends that under the “borrowed servant” doctrine the Industrial Commission should have found E & L to be Hill’s employer at the time of the accident.

The Industrial Commission (the Commission) made the…