Contractor Who Used Laborers Owes Insurer

The Tennessee Court of Appeals at Nashville ruled that a workers' compensation insurer has a right to assess a retrospective premium to a contractor who used laborers on roofing jobs. William Stanley King operates a roofing business under the name Kustom Roofing and Consultants. He does not carry any employees on his payroll, but when a general contractor hires him to install a roof, he hires laborers and pays them according to the number of roofing squares they complete, according to court documents. In CNA v. King, No. M2004-02911-COA-R3-CV, 9/28/06, the contractor declared on his ap...