Walker v. Charles Diprizio & Sons, Inc.

Plaintiff seeks workmen’s compensation benefits from the defendant Charles DiPrizio & Sons, Inc. The commissioner of labor, after hearing, found that he had no jurisdiction in the matter and plaintiff appealed to the superior court. The Trial Court, Dunfey, J., found there was jurisdiction but dismissed the appeal after finding there was no employer-employee relationship between the defendant and the plaintiff. Plaintiff’s exception to the decree of dismissal was reserved and transferred by the trial court.

In the late summer of 1972, Charles DiPrizio & Sons, Inc., entered into a written…