Re/Max of New Jersey, Inc. v. Wausau Insurance Companies

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PAUL G. LEVY, J.A.D.

Judge Gibson held that plaintiffs were liable for payment of premiums for workers’ compensation insurance coverage benefit-ting its real estate sales agents. Re/Max of New Jersey, Inc. v. Wausau Ins. Cos., 304 N.J.Super. 59, 697 A.2d 977 (Ch.Div.1997). He applied the “relative nature of the work” test, as explained in Kertesz v. Korsh, 296 N.J.Super. 146, 154, 686 A.2d 368 (App.Div.1996), and held that the Re/Max agents are economically dependent on the Re/Max broker, lacking “the ability to act independently.” In the course of his…