EDELSTON v. BUILDERS AND REMODELERS, INC.

No. 45210.

229 N.W.2d 24 (1975)

Josephine EDELSTON, Widow of Merrill E. Edelston, Deceased Employee, Respondent, v. BUILDERS AND REMODELERS, INC., et al., Relators.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 2, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sahr, Kunert, Tambornino & Soshnik and John L. Tambornino, Minneapolis, for relators.

Samuel D. Finkelstein and Irving Juster, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court without oral argument.


PER CURIAM.

Relators seek review of a decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission awarding benefits to respondent, widow of the deceased employee. They contend that the respondent is not entitled to these benefits because at the time her husband was killed, he was an independent contractor and not an employee of relator Builders and Remodelers, Inc. We affirm.

We have held that the existence or nonexistence of an employment relationship between two parties...

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