Woody v. Waibel

*343LANGTRY, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Clackamas County Circuit Court determining that plaintiff, a log truck owner and operator, was acting in the capacity of an "independent contractor” at the time he suffered a work-related injury and is thus entitled to maintain an action at law for damages against defendant, for whom plaintiff was hauling logs. Defendant, owner and operator of a logging business, contends that he is an employer subject to the Workmen’s Compensation Law (ORS 656.001 to 656.794), that plaintiff was an "employe” covered through the State Accident Insurance Fund…