Gomber v. Industrial Commission

The following opinion was filed June 4, 1935 :

Nelson, J.

An examiner for the Industrial Commission, after due hearing, denied Jacob Gomber’s application for compensation because of his conclusion that Gomber was not an employee of the defendant, Goodman Medical Association, at the time he was injured, but was an independent contractor.

Whether Gomber’s status was that of an employee or that of an independent contractor at the time he was injured was the sole question decided by the examiner, the commission, and the circuit court. The facts are undisputed, so the only question before us relates…