Claim of Bassett v. Van de Bogart & Decker

The appellant insurance carrier contends that Teator was an independent contractor. Whether he was such or not is unimportant. If he was not the proof clearly makes Bassett, the claimant, a special employee of Van de Bogart & Decker. If Teator, as the appellant claims, was an independent contractor, he was necessarily also a subcontractor of Van de Bogart & Decker performing part of their contract, and Teator, having been uninsured, the contractors, Van de Bogart & Decker, became liable for compensation to the claimant under the provisions of section 56 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law and…