Scott Paper Co. v. Weaver

THIGPEN, Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation case.

Scott Paper Company, Inc. (Scott), purchased a tract of timber, and in May 1989, Scott hired Gary Davidson Logging (Davidson) to cut the marked timber and to deliver *544it near the river, where it would be loaded on Scott’s barge for shipment to Scott’s plant in Mobile. Davidson employed Leonard Weaver as a chainsaw operator. Weaver was injured on the job in June 1989, and in November 1989, Weaver filed a claim for workmen’s compensation benefits against Davidson and Scott, contending that he was their employee. Scott denied that Weaver was…