Decision  Jeffrey Burke v. Ranco Transportation, LLC; Randy A. Coffin d/b/a Ranco Trucking; and Mercer Transportation

Date:	05/30/2019
Organization:	Department of Industrial Accidents
Docket Number:	DIA Board Nos. 035209-13, 033108-13, and 037228-13
Location:	Boston

• Employee: Jeffrey Burke
• Employer: Ranco Transportation, LLC, Randy A. Coffin d/b/a Ranco Trucking, Mercer Transportation
• Insurer: Workers Compensation Trust Fund, Travelers Indemnity of America, American Zurich Insurance Co.

HARPIN, J.  American Zurich Insurance Company (Zurich) appeals from a decision finding it liable for compensation benefits to the employee pursuant to G. L. c. 152, § 18.  We affirm the decision.²

 

 

¹There is some inconsistency in the name of the employer insured by Travelers.  Although the employee’s claim listed “Randy A. Coffin d/b/a Ranco Trucking,” the correct name of the company appears to be “Randy A. Coffin, Sr. d/b/a Randy’s Truck and Equipment Repair.”  (Dec. 2, 5 [Ex. 33], 8 and n., 4, 9; Travelers’ br. 1.)  As the judge explained, “Randy A. Coffin dba Ranco Trucking,” or “Ranco Trucking” “was the business name that Mr. Coffin used for the trucking business before the creation of Ranco Transportation, LLC,” (Dec. 5, see Ex. 28), in January 2013.  (Dec. 9.)  Neither Ranco Trucking nor Ranco Transportation, LLC, was insured for workers’ compensation.  (Dec. 10, 18.)  Because the judge has listed the employer as “Randy A. Coffin d/b/a/ Ranco Trucking” in the caption, we leave it as such, with the caveat noted above.

²The hearing took place over four days.  The transcripts of those dates are designated as follows:  “Tr. I,” for April 1 2016; “Tr. II,” for June 10, 2016; “Tr. III,” for June 17, 2016; and “Tr. IV,” for August 12, 2016.