Supreme Court of Iowa· 10/19/1994

Hoffnagle v. McDonald's Corp.

Citations

522 N.W.2d 808
1994 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 230
1994 WL 575849

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holding that question of retained control is part of duty issue and is therefore “necessarily and properly determined as a matter of law by the court”
holding “the issue of [control] is inescapably part of the duty issue, which is necessarily and properly determined as a matter of law by the court”
affirming summary judgment where franchisor’s authority was no more than authority to insure uniformity in standardization of products and services offered by restaurant
affirming summary judgment for defendant lessor because lessor “did not retain sufficient control ... so as to give rise to a duty”
affirming summary judgment for McDonald's because it did not have day-to-day operations control over franchisee
examining a franehisor/franchisee relationship under the rubric of employee/independent contractor relationships and finding that a franchisor (hiring party

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Judges: McGiverin, Layorato, Neuman, Andreasen, Ternus

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