EIGHTY FOUR LUMBER v. BETHEL

No. 88-1795.

544 So.2d 1094 (1989)

EIGHTY FOUR LUMBER, Travelers Insurance Co., Appellants, v. Michael BETHEL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 9, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret E. Sojourner, Orlando, for appellants.

C. Thomas Ferrara, Altamonte Springs, and Donna L. Bergh, Orlando, for appellee.


SHIVERS, Judge.

The employer/carrier (E/C) in this workers' compensation case appeal the deputy commissioner's (DC's) finding that the claimant/appellee was not an independent contractor and, consequently, that his accident was compensable. We reverse.

The record on appeal indicates that claimant, Michael Bethel, met with Roy Merritt, store manager for appellant Eighty Four Lumber (Eighty Four), in June of 1987 to discuss the possibility of hanging or installing...

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