State v. Bates & Rogers Construction Co.

Citations

• 91 Wash. 181
• 157 P. 482
• 1916 Wash. LEXIS 1031

Syllabus

<p>Commerce — Interstate Commerce — What Constitutes — State Industrial Insurance — Statutes. The work of repairing a bridge, continuously used by an interstate railroad, by placing new concrete piers underneath it to carry steel braces for its support, is work in interstate commerce, and so not within the industrial insurance act, 3 Rem. & Bal. Code, § 6604-1, rendering certain employers liable for insurance premiums.</p> <p>Same — Interstate Commerce — Independent Contractors — Federal Employers’ Liability Act. Independent contractors repairing a railroad bridge used in interstate commerce, are within the provisions of the Federal employers’ liability act, since by § 5 (Comp. St. 1913, § 8661), any contract intended to enable any common carrier to exempt itself from liability created by the act is void to that extent; and hence are not within the industrial insurance act, 3 Rem. & Bal. Code, § 6604-1, rendering certain employers liable for insurance premiums.</p>