Claim of Kupfer v. Du Pont

Appellants correctly define the sole issue as whether claimant was an employee or an independent contractor. Claimant, a registered nurse, whose name was upon the nurses’ registry in the hospital where the employer was a patient, was called to attend the employer. When the employer was discharged 12 days later she asked claimant to go home with her. Claimant did so and continued to care for her for some years. Claimant was first paid by the day but after a time was paid monthly at the rate of $600, working eight hours per day, with occasional unpaid overtime, with one day off each week and a…