# Nordling v. Johnston

> Oregon Supreme Court · May 18, 1955 · 205 Or. 315

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9630020

## Case

- **Full name:** Nordling v. Johnston
- **Court:** Oregon Supreme Court
- **Decided:** May 18, 1955
- **Citations:** 205 Or. 315; 287 P.2d 420; 283 P.2d 994; 48 A.L.R. 2d 1369; 1955 Ore. LEXIS 293
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Warner
- **Judges:** Warner, Lusk, Brand, Latourette
- **Cited by:** 47 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Warner, C. J.,
dissenting.
Although I appreciate that the question is a close one, I believe a contract of employment of the kind described in the majority opinion establishes as a matter of law the status of employer and independent contractor. Some of the proponents for the contrary thought, as expressed by the majority opinion, have urged that the relationship of employer and independent contractor would have deprived Nordling and his coworkers, and others similarly situated, of the privileges accorded by the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Such a conclusion is, of course, in error. OES 656.128.
*338 Barzee, Leedy, Keane £ Erwin, Portland, for the motion.
Bailey, Lezak and Swink, Portland. On the brief were Peterson and Pozzi, Portland.

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