Finley v. Lehman

How courts have described this case

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• no liability where defendant did not “render any services to decedent's employer which he should have recognized as necessary for the protection of [decedent].”
• tort theory of negligent hiring generally does not apply to selection of independent contractor
• tort theory of negligent hiring generally does not apply to selection of independent contractor
• absent special relationship, no liability for allegedly negligent inspection of ditch
• absent special relationship, no liability for allegedly negligent inspection of ditch
• the tort of negligent hiring does not apply to an independent contractor

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).