HARRY L. YOUNG & SONS, INC. v. ASHTON

No. 13866.

538 P.2d 316 (1975)

HARRY L. YOUNG & SONS, INC., Plaintiff, v. Dennis A. ASHTON and the Industrial Commission of Utah, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

July 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendell E. Bennett of Strong & Hanni, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., Robert J. Shaughnessy, Salt Lake City, for defendants.


CROCKETT, Justice:

Plaintiff Young seeks review and reversal of an order of the Industrial Commission awarding workmen's compensation to defendant Dennis A. Ashton for injury to his back when he slipped and fell from a truck which the Commission found he was driving in employment of the plaintiff. Plaintiff's contention below, persisted in on this review, is that Mr. Ashton was operating as an independent contractor.

Mr. Ashton was a truck driver who, through...

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