Newport Seafood v. Shine

In this workers’ compensation case, Newport Seafood Company (NSC), and its insurer appeal from an order of the Board that held that NSC was claimant’s employer at the time of his low back injury. The Board reversed a referee’s decision that Intercontinental Motor Lines (IML) was claimant’s employer at the time of the injury. Responsibility is the sole issue. We affirm the Board.

NSC is a seafood processing company located in Newport. IML is a common carrier. In February, 1982, an IML truck bound for California stopped at NSC and loaded 2,000 pounds of seafood, which finished off the truck…