Maryland Casualty Co. v. Industrial Commission

CROCKETT, Justice.

This proceeding reviews an order of the Industrial Commission awarding industrial compensation to plaintiff, John S. O’Brien, who was injured while operating a rig drilling for soil samples near Castle Gate, Utah, September 7, 1959.

The petitioner Maryland Casualty Company and its insured, Dames and Moore, seek reversal of the order on the ground that Mr. O’Brien was not an employee of the latter, as found by the Commission, but was an independent contractor.

The court has on numerous occasions been concerned with the question whether one performing service for another was an…