YELLOW CAB COOPERATIVE, INC. , et al. , Petitioners, v.WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and RICHARD EDWINSON, Respondents. OPINION RACANELLI, P.J.Petitioners Yellow Cab Cooperative, Inc.(Yellow) and Golden Eagle Insurance Co.challenge a decision by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (Board) holding that Yellow was the employer, for workers' compensation purposes, of applicant Richard Edwinson, a cabdriver. During or after this meeting applicant executed a written 'Taxicab Lease Agreement' designating him as 'Lessee' and Yellow Leasing Co. , a division of Yellow Cab Cooperative, Inc. , as 'Lessor' or 'Leasing Company. '830 [171 So. 2d 510]; Shinuald v.Mound City Yellow Cab Co.(Mo. Ct. App.1984) 666 S. W. 2d 846; Employers Ins. (See Worrell v.Yellow Cab Co.(1978) 146 Ga. App.748 [247 S. E. 2d 569], appeal after remand Yellow Cab Co.v.Worrell (1980) 155 Ga. App.41 [273 S. E. 2d 410] [where ordinance restricted operation to permittee's employees and agents, cab company could not avoid compensation liability by delegating duties via lease]. )

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