Court Opinion

ID: 8294814
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-10-17 11:00:56.411329+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:43:59.653543
License: Public Domain

FEW, C.J.,
concurring.
I concur in the majority opinion. I write separately to further explain why it was error for the commission to use the independent contractor test to determine whether Collins was Seko’s statutory employee. There is no reason to consider whether a claimant is a statutory employee unless the claimant or his direct employer has an independent contractor relationship with the defendant. Therefore, it is nonsensical to determine Collins was not the statutory employee of Seko because of the independent contractor relationship between Seko and West. Rather, Collins can be a statutory employee of Seko only if there is an independent contractor relationship between Seko and West.