Carlos Honeysuckle v. Curtis H. Stout, Inc., Valley Forge Insurance Co., Death & Permanent Total Disability Trust…

Summary

The court held that substantial evidence supported the Workers’ Compensation Commission’s factual determination that McCarthy was Honeysuckle’s employer when the aircraft crash occurred. Because McCarthy was therefore protected by the workers’ compensation exclusive-remedy provision, the court affirmed the Commission and vacated the court of appeals’ opinion. The court declined to decide alternative statutory-interpretation arguments or the Commission’s alternative co-employee rationale.