Harger v. Structural Services, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• emphasizing that “no particular factor should receive greater weight than any other, except when the facts so indicate, nor should the existence or absence of a particular factor be decisive”
• stating that an employer is a statutory employer and therefore immune under the WCA when: “(1) ... the work is done by ‘a contractor other than an independent contractor,’ and (2
• recognizing the creation of “constructive employer[s]” under NMSA 1978, Section 52-1-22 (1989)
• rejecting this Court’s definition of “independent contractor” and adopting the definition found in the Restatement (Second
• Supreme Court stating, on a question of law, that it was “in as good a position to draw its own conclusions” as the lower courts
• “an employer may satisfy its obligation to comply with the insurance provisions by providing insurance through a third party.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).