Court Opinion

ID: 9630020
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 09:57:49.102073+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:07:29.838933
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Warner, C. J.,
dissenting.
Although I appreciate that the question is a close one, I believe a contract of employment of the kind described in the majority opinion establishes as a matter of law the status of employer and independent contractor. Some of the proponents for the contrary thought, as expressed by the majority opinion, have urged that the relationship of employer and independent contractor would have deprived Nordling and his coworkers, and others similarly situated, of the privileges accorded by the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Such a conclusion is, of course, in error. OES 656.128.
*338Barzee, Leedy, Keane £ Erwin, Portland, for the motion.
Bailey, Lezak and Swink, Portland. On the brief were Peterson and Pozzi, Portland.