Claim of Norris v. Kaempfer

Appeal by the named employer and his insurance carrier from a decision and award of death benefits made by the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Appellants contend there was no evidence to sustain the finding of decedent’s status as an employee and that the proofs establish he was an independent contractor in the performance of carpentry work and painting in the course of which he met with fatal accident. Decedent and a fellow carpenter were engaged by appellant Kaempfer and his son to perform the carpentry and some painting in the construction of living-quarter additions to their place of…