Appeal by the employer, Max Lapides, and his insurance carrier from an award granting compensation to the claimant-respondent against them rather than against John Masco, an alleged independent contractor. The board found the claimant to be an employee of Max Lapides. This controversy arose when the claimant fell out of a cherry tree and suffered a fractured left wrist and a back strain while picking cherries at the Lapides farm. John Masco, by arrangement with Lapides, had...
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