Hargis v. Baize

Opinion of the Court by

Justice COOPER.

Appellee, Allen R. Baize, owned a lumber yard and sawmill in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, a sole proprietorship known as Greenville Log and Lumber Co. (“Greenville”). Baize1 hired Darrell Ruben Hargis on an independent contractor basis to haul logs to and from Greenville and various other locations for which services Baize paid Hargis by the board-feet hauled. Hargis owned his own tractor (track) but hauled the logs on a semitrailer owned by Baize. Baize claims he rented the trailer to Hargis and deducted the rentals from Hargis’s weekly paycheck but…