Wadge v. Crestwood Acres, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Colie, J.

This writ of certiorari was allowed to review a judgment of the Union County Court of Common Pleas in a workmen’s compensation case.

The determinative question is whether the petitioner below, defendant here, was an independent contractor or an employee witliin the intendment of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, R. S. 34:15-1, et seq. The deputy commissioner held that petitioner was an independent contractor and, on appeal, the Common Pleas reversed and held the relationship to be that of employer and employee.

The factual situation gleaned from…