Wood v. Dunn

Herwood, a partnership of Mike Hermeling and Frank Stanley Wood, seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board holding that it is a noncomplying employer and that claimant is entitled to benefits for a compensable injury.1

Herwood contracted with claimant to do several jobs on buildings that it owned. Claimant hired several workers to assist him in the Herwood job and paid them on an hourly basis. He gave a statement to Herwood accepting responsibility for his workers in the event of an accident. He had no workers’ compensation insurance, and neither did Herwood.

In the course of…