Atwood v. State Accident Insurance Fund

Plaintiff seeks workmen’s compensation recovery for injuries he suffered while engaged in his occupation as a logging truck owner-operator. A referee and, on review, the Workmen’s Compensation Board, held that plaintiff was an independent contractor and not an employee of the company that hired him to haul logs. The circuit court affirmed, as did the Court of Appeals. Atwood v. SAIF, 24 Or App 803, 547 P2d 191 (1976). We granted review in this case, along with a companion case, Woody v. Waibel, 24 Or App 341, 545 P2d 889, in order to re-examine the employee/independent contractor distinction.

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