Eight employees of a luxury car transportation company will receive over $300,000 in backpay after the company settled allegations they misclassified the employees as independent contractors, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Department of Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo announced Thursday. The settlement accused Horseless Carriage Carrier of Paterson of classifying eight drivers as independent contractors instead of employees under the state’s Wage and Hour laws. The company denied any misclassification and disagreed with the Department of Labor’s determination of over $1 million…