Falconer v. Cameron

Defendants appeal from a superior court judgment awarding plaintiff workers’ compensation benefits. We affirm.

Defendants Richard and Janet Cameron together operate a trucking business under the name R & J Cameron Leasing Company. Plaintiff’s association with defendants began in late 1984, when he started driving one of the four trucks owned by the defendants. Approximately two weeks after plaintiff began driving for them, at defendants’ request he executed a document characterized by them as a “lease agreement” in which he stated that he was a “private owner operator” leasing a tractor and…