Bogan v. Smoothway Construction Co.

Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.,

This is an appeal in a workmen’s compensation case. The following are the principal issues: (1) Whether deceased, the husband of claimant, who drove his own truck for the defendant road construction company, was an independent contractor or an employe of defendant at the time of his death, and (2) whether his death was due to natural causes or to an accidental injury, assuming deceased was employed by defendant.

*174The evidence before the compensation authorities showed little contradiction as to the basic facts. The defendant corporation was engaged in a road construction…