Liberty Northwest Ins. Corp. v. Potts

Liberty Northwest Insurance Corporation (Liberty), employer’s insurer, seeks review of a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Board that claimant’s injury is compensable. Liberty argues that claimant was an independent contractor under ORS 701.025, 1 not an employee, at the time of the injury. The Board determined that subsection (1) of ORS 701.025 had not been satisfied, because claimant was not free from the direction and control of employer and, consequently, he was not an independent contractor. We affirm.

Claimant is a ‘ ‘grip” in the film production industry. A grip’s main tasks involve…