Hinshaw v. Board of Com'rs of Jay County

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that \[t]he introductory phrase of the statute 'if a loss results from' does not mean 'if a loss also results from' \
• referring to imposition of vicarious liability for, among other things, “intrinsically dangerous activity” conducted by “agents who are not employees or subject to any right of control by the employer,” i.e., independent contractors
• referring to imposition of vicarious liability for, among other things, “intrinsically dangerous activity” conducted by “agents who are not employees or subject to any right of control by the employer,” i.e., independent contractors
• “[I]n construing a statute, we will presume that the legislature did not enact a useless provision.”
• “[I]n construing a statute, we will presume that the legislature did not enact a useless provision.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).