Lindbloom v. Department of Labor & Industries

This is an appeal from a judgment of the superior court sustaining an order of the department of labor and industries which denied a widow’s claim. The claimant’s husband was killed, almost instantly, while doing extrahazardous work.

The question upon the appeal is whether, at the time, he was an employee or operating as an independent contractor.

Carl Jorgensen owned a tract of timber land which he desired to have logged. To this end, he made a contract with Warren P. Mehner to do the logging. Mehner, in turn, contracted with H. R. Nelson and Gunnard L. Lindbloom, the husband of the claimant,…