Rainsford v. McArthur Dairies

CARROLL, CHAS., Chief Judge.

By certiorari, the claimant in a workmen’s compensation case seeks review of an order of the Florida Industrial Commission • which affirmed the deputy commissioner’s denial of compensation.

Petitioner was injured when his scaffold collapsed while he was doing plastering work on the premises of the respondent McArthur Dairies. His claim for compensation was contested by respondent primarily on the ground that at the time of the accident petitioner was not an employee but an independent contractor, and therefore outside the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation…