Sutton v. Industrial Commission of Utah

CROCKETT, Chief Justice.

Review of an order of the Industrial Commission making an award to Curtis Owen Rupp for an injury suffered while helping to apply hot tar to a roof which defendants, Harry Sutton and F. W. Black, dba Eager Beaver Roofing Company, had contracted to install.

The question of concern is whether the evidence supports the determination of the Commission that Mr. Rupp was an employee of the defendants. Their contention is that he was not their employee but that of Dan Reynolds and Glen Curtis who were applying the roof for them as independent contractors.

Eager Beaver Roofing…