Case ID: nj_62/html/0576-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Per Curiam.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

RAYMOND GORECKI, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. UNITED EXCAVATING CO., DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.
    Argued April 23, 1973
    Decided May 7, 1973.
    
      Mr. Edward J. Seaman argued the cause for plaintiff-appellant, (Messrs. Seaman, Williams <& Seaman, attorneys; Mr. Edward J. Seaman, of counsel and on the brief.
    
      Mr. Thomas H. Green argued the cause for defendant-respondent.
   Per Curiam.

The Appellate Division denied workmen’s compensation on a finding that the petitioner was an independent contractor. This case is not materially different from Caicco v. Toto Brothers, Inc., 62 N. J. 305 (1973), and for the reasons there given, the judgment of the Appellate Division is reversed.

For reversal — Chief Justice Weintraub, Justices Jacobs, Proctor, Mountain and Sullivan, and Judges Lewis and Collester — 7.

For affirmance — None.