L. Gruizzetti & Son v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

The only issue remaining in this workmen’s compensation appeal is that of whether the record supports the referee’s finding that the appellant was the employer of the injured workman.

John Corum, a mushroom worker, suffered injuries to his wrist when he fell from a conveyor while he was engaged in emptying a mushroom house. The basic facts are not seriously in dispute. The appellant, a partnership known as G & G, owned conveyors used in *412emptying (and filling) mushroom houses. Gr & G rented these machines to mushroom growers. G & G had in its employ one Reggie Eastridge…