Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Scalise

WEBSTER, Judge.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Liberty Mutual) seeks review of an order entered by a judge of compensation claims, which order held that a policy of workers’ compensation insurance issued by Liberty Mutual to Joseph J. Scalise, as employer, extended coverage to Scalise, os an employee, for injuries sustained while pursuing his occupation as a carpet installer. We conclude that the policy did not cover Scalise as an employee and, therefore, reverse.

For a number of years prior to 1989, Scalise had been a carpet installer, principally as an independent contractor. In June 1989,…