Finley v. Lehman

How courts have described this case

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

• 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).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Rowe v. Coffey
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-19· cited 30×
• Davenport v. Cummins Alabama, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-03-29· cited 21×
• Liberty v. Storage Trust Properties, L.P.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-06-17· cited 19×
• WELCH v. PAPPAS RESTAURANTS, INC. (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-06-29· cited 18×
• Allen v. King Plow Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-07-16· cited 15×
• Holton v. Georgia Power Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-08-12· cited 9×
• HILLSIDE ORCHARD FARMS, INC. v. Murphy
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-06-18· cited 6×
• Paul Seckinger v. the Zurich Services Corporation
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-04-10· cited 4×
• New Star Realty, Inc. v. Jungang Pri USA, LLC.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-06-22· cited 4×
• Crockett v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
  N.D. Georgia· 2000-03-20· cited 1×
• Tetteh v. Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2016-08-31
• New Star Realty, Inc. v. Jungang Pri USA, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-06-26
• CALVIN MILLER v. MARCUS POLK
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-04-29

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• City of Rome v. Jordan
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-03-15· cited 142×
• Adler's Package Shop, Inc. v. Parker
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-01-05· cited 48×
• City of Lawrenceville v. MacKo
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-12-09· cited 24×
• Landis v. Rockdale County
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-03-18· cited 21×
• Cardin v. Telfair Acres of Lowndes County, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-04-25· cited 18×
• Horney v. Panter
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-05-19· cited 14×
• Mason v. Gracey
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-11-04· cited 13×
• Foster v. Crowder
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1968-04-02· cited 12×
• International Leadburning Co. v. Forrister
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-06-03· cited 3×