Murphy's Case

After responding to an advertisement for a full-time child care position that was placed in a local newspaper by the appellants, William and Zu Cowperthwaite, the claimant, Margaret E. Murphy, was interviewed and eventually hired to care for their eleven month old daughter in their home. Before she was hired in September of 2001 by the appellants, the claimant had been a professional child care technician (“nanny”) for her entire working life, which covered thirty-eight years and five families. She worked for the appellants in excess of forty hours per week on a regular basis (Monday through…