Arkansas Court of Appeals Rejects Claim of Employee Status by Truck Driver

The Workers’ Compensation Commission denied a truck driver’s claim following an injury on the job. The driver took the matter to court, stating that he was an employee of the contracting company and thus due compensation for his injury. The case went to the Court of Appeals, which affirmed the Compensation Commission’s ruling that the driver was in fact an independent contractor, due to several key factors.

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