Stricker v. Industrial Commission
Utah Supreme Court
Application by Ida Strieker and others under Workmen’s Compensation Act for compensation for tbe death of Phillip Strieker against the Amalgamated Sugar Company, employer. The Industrial Commission denied the compensation, and applicants by original proceedings seek annulment of that decision.
1Opinion of the CourtWeber, J.
On October 10, 1917, while working in a limestone quarry owned by the Amalgamated Sugar Company, one of the defendants, Phillip Strieker received fatal injuries by reason of the premature explosion of a drill hole loaded with blasting, powder. ' His widow and two minor children made application for compensation, which was denied by the Industrial Commission. The applicants now ask this court to review and annul the decision and order of the Industrial Commission refusing compensation 'and holding that Phillip Strieker was an independent contractor, and not an employé, at the time of his death.
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