MATTER OF LOCKETT v. CULLITON


277 A.D. 817 (1950)

In the Matter of the Claim of Albert Lockett, Respondent, v. Edward Culliton, Appellant. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

May 10, 1950.


The issue on appeal is whether claimant was an employee or an independent contractor. The employer was the owner of a three-family apartment house from which he derived rental income. Claimant was a carpenter, and while doing some remodeling work on the premises of the employer sustained accidental injuries. The board found that claimant was an employee and not an independent contractor. On the basis of the record before us, we cannot say as a matter of law claimant was not...

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