Blackledge Furniture Co. v. National Council on Compensation Insurance

This case involves the statutory definition of independent contractor found in ORS 670.600 1 and its effect on statutory provisions for determining when a person is subject to the workers’ compensation law, ORS chapter 656, and the judicially created tests relating to those provisions. Petitioner on review SAIF Corporation asks this court to reverse the Court of Appeals’ decision in which it applied its conclusion from S-W Floor Cover Shop v. Natl. Council on Comp. Ins., 121 Or App 402, 407, 854 P2d 944 (1993), that the statutory definition of independent contractor replaced the common law…