Court Opinion

ID: 8893380
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-26 23:33:14.391399+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:07:20.101302
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Judge Cozort
dissenting.
I disagree with the majority’s conclusion that the loaders were employees, and I respectfully dissent.
I agree with the majority’s analysis that, under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 96-15(h) and (i) (1993), the Commission’s findings are supported by evidence in the record and are thus conclusive for the reviewing court. I find, however, that when those findings are reviewed under the criteria set forth in Hayes v. Elon College, 224 N.C. 11, 15-16, 29 S.E.2d 137, 139-40 (1944), the trial court correctly concluded that the loaders were independent contractors. I thus vote to affirm the trial court’s judgment.