Continental Insurance Company v. Wolford

GREENHILL, Chief Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the controlling issue is whether Pat Wolford, our Respondent, was an employee or an independent contractor. Trial was to a jury which found that he was an employee. Judgment was entered upon the verdict for Wolford. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed. 515 S.W.2d 364. We find no evidence to support the jury’s finding that Wolford was an employee; and accordingly, we must reverse the judgments of the courts below.

The solution to the question presented here is reached through the application of the test of right of control.…