Court Opinion

ID: 9542743
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 16:38:04.718848+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:08:50.610836
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CROCKETT, Chief Justice
(concurring).
■ I concur in affirming the ruling of the trial court that under the facts shown the plaintiff was an employee of Gibbons & Reed and thus dependent upon workmen’s compensation. However, I think it appropriate to call attention to the fact that the question of, employer-employee relationship as compared to independent contractor is sometimes fraught with considerable difficulty and may involve consideration of a number of factors in addition to the apparent right of control. See Christean v. Industrial Commission, 113 Utah 451, 196 P. 2d 502; Stover Bedding Co. v. Industrial Commission, 99 Utah 423, 107 P.2d 1027, 134 A.L.R. 1006, particularly the able and thorough treatment of the subject in Justice Wolfe’s dissenting opinion; and see also Sutton v. Industrial Commission, 9 Utah 2d 339, 344 P.2d 538.
HENRIOD, J., not participating herein.