McCraw v. Calvine Mills, Inc.

The question presented is whether under the evidence shown by the record Joseph E. McCraw, the decedent, at the time of his death by accident, was an employee of Calvine Mills, Inc., or was an employee of defendants Gaddy while the latter were engaged in work for the corporate defendant under an independent contract. The Industrial Commission found he was an employee of defendant Mills, Inc., while the Judge of the Superior Court adopted the contrary view, holding that decedent was an employee of defendants Gaddy as independent contractors, and not an employee of defendant Mills, Inc.

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