BURTON v. CRAWFORD AND COMPANY

No. 2136.

553 P.2d 716 (1976)

89 N.M. 436

James R. BURTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CRAWFORD AND COMPANY, Insurance Adjustors, Inc., and Michigan Mutual Liability Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied August 30, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Carpenter, Albuquerque, for plaintiff-appellant.

Pat Sheehan, Timothy M. Sheehan, Sheehan & Sheehan, Albuquerque, for defendants-appellees.


OPINION

SUTIN, Judge.

Plaintiff, a licensed independent insurance adjuster, appeals an adverse summary judgment which denied plaintiff's claim for workmen's compensation on the grounds that plaintiff was an independent contractor and not an employee of defendant Crawford and Company. We affirm.

Facts

At the time of the injury, plaintiff was licensed under "An act relating to insurance adjusters." Section 58-24-1, et seq., N.M.S.A...

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