Burdick v. Thornton

SHEPARD, Justice.

This is an appeal, pursuant to I.A.R. 12(b), from a decision by the Industrial Commission that claimant-respondent Martha Burdick was an employee of defendant-appellant Larry Thornton, dba T-5 Quarter Horses, rather than an independent contractor. We affirm this interlocutory decision of the Commission and remand this case for further proceedings to determine the extent of workmen’s compensation benefits to which claimant is entitled.

Burdick came to work for T-5 Quarter Horses as a horse trainer soon after her graduation from a Wyoming college with a degree in equestrian…