Bieluczyk v. Crown Petroleum Corporation

Tbe workmen’s compensation commissioner for tbe first district awarded compensation to tbe plaintiff for injuries arising out of and in tbe course of bis employment as helper in a gasoline station owned by the named defendant and operated by-Raymond Toomajian under a so-called “dealer’s agreement.” Tbe defendants’ appeal from this award was dismissed by tbe Superior Court. Tbe primary question upon tbe appeal to this court is whether or not Toomajian, in hiring tbe plaintiff, was an employee of the named defendant acting within the scope of his employment.

These facts in the commissioner’s…