State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Sky Country, Inc.

This appeal results from a lengthy administrative process which culminated in the Workers’ Compensation Court. Respondent Sky Country, Inc., a Bozeman trucking firm, contested a finding by the Audit Bureau of the Department of Labor and Industry concluding that several of its drivers classified as “independent contractors” were actually “employees” for Workers’ Compensation insurance purposes. Further administrative proceedings affirmed the Audit findings, and Sky Country sought judicial relief in the Workers’ Compensation Court. The Workers’ Compensation Court held that Sky Country had been…