Claim of Walk v. Glomann

—Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed May 11, 1998, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was not an employee and denied his claim for workers’ compensation benefits.

On December 27, 1993, claimant was injured while cutting firewood at Burrell Orchards, Inc., a company owned by George Burrell (hereinafter Burrell). The record indicates that Burrell had an arrangement with John Glomann, Jr., whereby Burrell would sell some of the apple tree wood on his property that Burrell’s own employees would cut and stack for Glomann to sell to third parties. As a courtesy,…