Flint Engineering & Construction Co. v. Richardson

URBIGKIT, Justice.

The Worker’s Compensation question in this case of a construction worker’s status being either that of a noncovered indepen*512dent contractor or that of a covered employee affords cause for the court to revisit Fox Park Timber Co. v. Baker, 53 Wyo. 467; 84 P.2d 736, 120 A.L.R. 1020 (1938), in determining whether substantial evidence supported the trial court in granting benefits to a rig welder after injury during oil-patch construction activities. We affirm.

That issue, although otherwise stated by the litigants, is whether an alleged independent contractor is a covered…