Hoffnagle v. McDonald's Corp.

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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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