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ATWOOD v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND

547 P.2d 191 (1976)

In the Matter of the Compensation of Woodrow W. Atwood, Claimant. Woodrow W. ATWOOD, Appellant, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided March 22, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Purdy, Medford, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were Frohnmayer & Deatherage, Medford.

Al J. Laue, Asst. Atty Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Lee Johnson, Atty. Gen., and W. Michael Gillette, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and LANGTRY and FORT, JJ.

LANGTRY, Judge.

This is a claimant appeal from successive orders of a referee, the Workmen's Compensation Board and the circuit court, each holding that claimant, a logging truck operator, was an independent contractor, and not an employe. Claimant was injured in May 1974 while logs were being unloaded from his truck. He owned the truck and hauled logs from the woods to the log dump under almost identical circumstances as those related in our recent opinion in

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