McCarty v. Great Bend Board of Education

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fontron, J.:

This is a workmens compensation case in which an award was entered in favor of the appellee, Edward Charles McCarty, hereafter referred to as claimant. The employer, Great Bend Board of Education and/or Great Bend Recreation Commission, herein called the commission, and its insurance carrier, have appealed from the judgment and will be designated collectively in this opinion as respondents.

The principal contention made by the respondents in this appeal is that the claimant was an independent contractor at the time of his injury and, hence,…