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WALTERS v. AMERICAB, INC.

No. 70662.

118 Ohio App.3d 180 (1997)

WALTERS, Appellant, v. AMERICAB, Inc. et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

Decided February 10, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham Kay, for appellant.

Peter C. Tucker; Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Sandra Lisowski, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees.

PATTON, Judge.

Appellee Americab, Inc., operates a fleet of taxicabs and leases them to individual drivers whom it characterizes as independent contractors. Claimantappellant John Walters suffered paralyzing injuries while driving an Americab taxi and sought workers' compensation benefits. Americab denied the claim, arguing that claimant's status as an independent contractor precluded his participation in the State Insurance Fund. The Industrial Commission of Ohio...

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