In Young v. Hood’s Gardens, Inc. 2015 Ind. LEXIS 46 (Jan. 22, 2015), the Indiana Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling granting summary judgment to a business owner who had sought a declaration that it was not required to pay workers compensation benefits to the employee of a contractor it had hired for certain tree removal services.
Hood’s Gardens, Inc., contracted with Discount Tree Extraction to remove a tree at Hood’s place of business. Discount orally quoted a price of $600 for the work, …
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