Truck Insurance Exchange v. Cartmill

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is a compensation case filed by plaintiff Cartmill against defendant Insurance Company. Plaintiff alleged that he was injured while an employee of Arbuckle Electric Company. Defendant Insurance Company answered that it carried compensation insurance' coverage for Arbuckle Electric Company, but that plaintiff was not an employee of Arbuckle, but was an independent contractor at the time of his injury. Trial was to a jury which found that plaintiff was an employee, not an independent contractor; wás totally and permanently disabled"; that the average daily wage of…