Murray v. Aaron Mizell Trucking Company

Cureton, Judge:

The respondent Lester Clay Murray suffered an accidental injury when logs fell from a truck operated by him. The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether Murray is the statutory employee of appellant Roy Davis or of respondent Dean-Dempsey Lumber Company for purposes of workers’ compensation. The single Commissioner, Full Commission and circuit court determined that he was the statutory employee of Roy Davis. Davis and his insurance carrier Palmetto Timber Self-Insured Fund appeal. We affirm.

Dean-Dempsey Lumber Company (Dempsey) is a lumber manufacturing company. It…