Moore v. Fleischman Yeast Co.

The Fleischman Yeast Company and its insurer appeal from an order of the department of labor and industry awarding John Moore compensation of $17.33 per week. As they claim that the relation of employer and employee never existed and that Moore was either an independent contractor or at most a licensee, we shall briefly review the testimony.

The company employed 34 salesmen at its branch in Detroit where they assembled each day and as they removed the coffee, etc., required for the day’s business from the containers, they scattered the broken cartons, boxes, waste paper, and tin foil on the…