Carlile v. Greeninger

The only issue in this appeal is whether claimant qualified as an employe of the alleged employer under ORS 656.027. The referee concluded that claimant was a subject employe, but the Workers’ Compensation Board reversed, concluding that claimant was an independent contractor. The circuit court reversed the Board and remanded the case for the payment of claimant’s claim.

Claimant and a friend, Mr. Harris, were hired by defendant to fall cord wood and buck the wood into 20-inch lengths. 1 They were to be paid $8 per cord. Defendant designated the area in which they were to cut and directed them…