Spulak v. Estep

This is an appeal from the decision of a three-judge panel of the Workmen’s Compensation Court denying benefits to Frank R. Spulak. He appeals.

The principal error assigned is that the three-judge panel erred in finding that appellant was an independent contractor and not an employee or statutory employee of the appellees, Empire Life Insurance Company and/or James W. Estep. We affirm.

Appellant, a licensed life insurance agent, answered an ad in the Omaha World-Herald soliciting applications from persons qualified as insurance agents. The advertisement named the person to whom the application…