Greenway Baptist Church v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

FROEB, Presiding Judge.

In this review, petitioner Greenway Baptist Church and its carrier, Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, contest an award of the Industrial Commission which held that the church was the employer of respondent Charles H. Zacher (referred to as claimant) and that Aetna Casualty & Surety Company was liable for workmen’s compensation because of an injury sustained by him.

In 1979, Greenway Baptist Church decided to build a new sanctuary. Limited by lack of funds, the church undertook, as it were, to act as the general contractor and retained the services of Paul R.…