Dougherty v. Mortland

How courts have described this case

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

• “the employee must be subject to control by the employer, not only as to the result to be accomplished but also as to the means to be used”
• right to control determines master-servant relationship and thus whether respondeat superior applies
• right to control determines master-servant relationship and thus whether respondeat superior applies
• “Although the conclusive test of the relationship of master and servant is the right to control, other factors may be considered in determining whether the right to control exists, but they are subordinate to this primary test”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).