Rios v. Ryan Inc. Central

COLEMAN, Senior Judge.

Arturo Rios appeals the Workers’ Compensation Commission’s decision denying his application for disability benefits. He argues that: (1) the commission erred in finding he was not an employee under the Workers’ Compensation Act; (2) the denial of benefits violated his constitutional equal protection rights; (3) the deputy commissioner erred by admitting hearsay evidence; and (4) the deputy commissioner erred by refusing to recuse herself. For the following reasons, we affirm the commission’s decision.

*43 I. BACKGROUND

Rios was employed by Ryan Inc. Central in August 1994 as…