Busselle v. Wal-Mart

PREWITT, Judge.

Wal-Mart (“Appellant” or “Wal-Mart”) appeals from the April 11, 2000 Labor and Industrial Relations Commission’s Final Award Allowing Compensation, which affirmed and incorporated the December 7, 1999 award and decision of the Administrative Law Judge that found that Wal-Mart was, under § 287.040.1, RSMo 1994, the statutory employer of Joe Busselle (“Respondent” or “Busselle”).

Appellant contends that the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (“Commission”) erred as a matter of law in holding Wal-Mart liable as a statutory employer because Busselle, an independent electrical…