Glick v. HA Montgomery Company

Plaintiff appeals a four to three decision of the -workmen’s compensation appeal hoard reversing a finding by the referee that plaintiff was an employee of defendant H. A. Montgomery Company at the time he was injured in a fall from a ladder at defendant’s premises on November 18, 1964. The question to decide is whether for purposes of workmen’s compensation plaintiff was an employee of defendant at the time of his injury.

Plaintiff became a journeyman electrician in 1929 and so remained. He never obtained a contractor’s license. In 1959, at age 65, plaintiff commenced drawing social security…