Ragland v. MUGURUZA

OPINION

BEALES, Judge.

The Workers’ Compensation Commission (the commission) awarded benefits to Walter Muguruza (appellee) for injuries, which resulted from a workplace accident on January 19, 2008. The commission found that Richard D. Ragland (appellant) employed appellee, found that appellant “had three or more regular employees,” and, therefore, found that appellant was an “employer” for the purposes of the Workers’ Compensation Act (the Act). Code § 65.2-101 states that under the Act, “ ‘[e]mployee’ shall not mean ... [e]mployees of any person, firm or private corporation ... that has…