Hays Home Delivery, Inc. v. Employers Insurance Co. of Nevada

OPINION

At issue in this appeal is whether respondent Everett Green, an owner-operator of a local trucking company, is a statutory employee of appellant Hays Home Delivery, Inc., under Nevada’s Industrial Insurance Act (NIIA). If we determine that Green is a statutory employee, then Green is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. We conclude that Green is a statutory employee of Hays because Green and Hays are not independent enterprises, but, instead, Green and Hays are in the same trade of delivering merchandise, and Green’s trucking service would normally be carried on through an…