Piantanida v. Bennett

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Oliphant, J.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the sole issue is whether at the time of his accident the plaintiff was an employee of the defendant or an independent contractor.

Plaintiff recovered an award in the Workmen’s Compensation Division, which, on appeal was affirmed by a judgment entered in the Monmouth County Court. On further appeal the Appellate Division of the Superior Court reversed the judgment entered below and on the plaintiff’s petition we granted certification. 16 N. J. 191 (1954).

Plaintiff, for a number of years, had…