Battles v. Thomas R. Foster Pulpwood Co.

This is a workmen's compensation case.

The plaintiff sued the defendant for workmen's compensation benefits. The trial court after an ore tenus hearing entered a judgment for the defendant. The trial court found the plaintiff to be an independent contractor and therefore not entitled to workmen's compensation benefits.

The plaintiff, through able counsel, appeals and we affirm.

The dispositive issue on appeal is whether there is any evidence to support the trial court's conclusion that the plaintiff was an independent contractor.

At the outset, we again state that on appeal of a workmen's…