Behel v. Thompson

THIGPEN, Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation case.

John H. Behel sued Kenneth Thompson, Inc. (Thompson Inc.), Kenneth Thompson, individually, and Ronnie Gilchrist (collectively known as “defendants”) for workmen’s compensation benefits, claiming on-the-job injuries which he suffered while working as an employee of the defendants.

In their answers, Thompson Inc. and Kenneth Thompson generally denied Beliefs allegations, and Gilchrist denied that any employer-employee relationship existed between him and Behel. Based on this premise, Gilchrist later filed a motion for summary judgment. In…