Claim of Muccino v. Hilltop Terrace, Inc.

Appeal from an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board in a death case. The appellants contend that the decedent was an employee of an independent contractor and not an employee of the appellant Hilltop Terrace, Inc. Hilltop Terrace, Inc. was engaged in remodeling a sanitarium building for the purpose of converting it into an apartment house. Two plumbers, Steingart and Bernstein, were engaged at the rate of $2.50 per hour *854each, to do the plumbing work. All materials were supplied by Hilltop Terrace, Inc., although the plumbers used their own tools. They were authorized to hire helpers when…