Oliver Const. Co., Inc. v. INDUS. COM'N OF COLO.

STERNBERG, Judge.

The claimant, Henry Dean Humphrey, was the sole proprietor of the Dean Humphrey Custom Painting and Decorating Company. That company had entered into an oral contract to provide painting services for Oliver Construction Company, Inc. (Oliver), in conjunction with a job Oliver was performing for the city of Loveland. The Humphrey company had obtained workmen’s compensation insurance for its employees but chose not to cover Humphrey as an employee. Humphrey was injured while working on the Loveland job, and applied for workmen’s compensation benefits. Following statutory…