Carr v. South Dakota Department of Labor, Unemployment Insurance Division

MORGAN, Justice.

This appeal is from a trial court decision to affirm the South Dakota Labor Department’s determination that an employer-employee relationship existed between appel lant Eugene Carr (Carr), a practicing chiropractor, and the people working in his clinic. The Labor Department’s initial decision subjected Carr to liability for unemployment insurance payments. We affirm.

Carr has been a practicing chiropractor for over twenty-one years. His workload requires him to hire people for general office work, i.e., typing, receptionist, preparation of patients and facilitation of therapy.…