Deal v. State Farm County Mut. Ins. Co. of Texas

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding insurance agent was an independent contractor and not an employee under Title VII and the ADEA because company did not control agent, and the economic realities of her relationship did not suggest an employer/employee relationship
• granting dismissal of a Title 10 VII claim where the plaintiff was terminated by someone who was not an agent of the defendant company “with respect to employment practices”
• “The right to control an employee’s conduct is the most important component of the test.”
• “The right to control an employee’s conduct is the most important component of the test.”
• “The right to control an employee’s conduct is the most important component of this test.”
• agent under Title VII must be agent with respect to employment practices such as right to hire and fire, supervise work, set schedules, pay salary, withhold taxes or provide benefits

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).