Beals v. State Workmen's Insurance Fund

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

The primary question raised in this case is whether I. J. Beals, the claimant, was at the time of an accident an employee of the Brookdale Coal Company as that term is used in the Workmen’s Compensation Act, or an independent contractor.

A referee found that Beals was not an employee of the defendant but that his work was casual in character and not in the regular course of the employer’s business.

A re-hearing was ordered by the board and another referee awarded compensation for total disability, holding that the claimant was not an independent contractor. On appeal the…