Little Donkey Enterprises, Inc. v. State Acc. Ins. Fund
Decision Date | 11 August 2001 |
Citation | 856 P.2d 323,121 Or.App. 643 |
Parties | LITTLE DONKEY ENTERPRISES, INC., Petitioner, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND, Respondent. 8 |
Court | Oregon Court of Appeals |
Montgomery W. Cobb, Portland, for petition.
Before RICHARDSON, * C.J., and DE MUNIZ and LEESON, ** JJ.
DE MUNIZ, Judge.
Petitioner, Little Donkey Enterprises, Inc., has filed a petition for review of our decision affirming an order of the Department of Insurance and Finance (DIF). We held that owner-operators with whom petitioner had contracted to haul loads for petitioner's shipper customers were employees for purpose of workers' compensation and that amounts paid to them are wages to be considered in the calculation of workers' compensation premium assessments. Little Donkey Enterprises, Inc. v. SAIF, 118 Or.App. 54, 845 P.2d 1298 (1993) (Little Donkey II ). We also reconsidered our opinion in Little Donkey Enterprises, Inc. v. SAIF, 107 Or.App. 400, 812 P.2d 25 (1991) (Little Donkey I ), and held that a person may simultaneously function as the sole proprietor of a business and as an employee of another business, and that that person is not barred from workers' compensation coverage while working in the latter capacity. In Little Donkey II we adhered to our holding in Little Donkey I that substantial evidence supports DIF's determination that the owner-operators are employees rather than independent contractors.
Petitioner is required by Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) regulations to enter into lease agreements with the owner-operators of trucks hauling loads under petitioner's operating authority. The lease agreements contain terms required by the ICC in 49 CFR 1057.12. Specifically, 49 CFR 1057.12(c) requires that the lease "shall provide that the authorized carrier lessee shall have exclusive possession, control, and use of the equipment for the duration of the lease." In its first order in this case, DIF based its determination that the owner-operators are employees primarily on its construction of the ICC leases between petitioner and the owner-operators. DIF said:
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