Keith v. News & Sun Sentinel Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that presumption of newspaper delivery person’s status as independent contractor doesn’t exist because “the facts peculiar to each case govern the decision”
• holding that there was no evidence to suggest that the actual practice of the parties was inconsistent with their intent to form an independent contractor relationship
• holding that there was no evidence to suggest that the actual practice of the parties was inconsistent with their intent to form an independent contractor relationship
• holding that court’s prior decision did not create a presumption that a newspaper delivery person is an independent contractor because “the facts peculiar to each case govern the decision”
• “In determining individual’s status as either employee or independent contractor in the worker’s compensation context, courts should initially look to the agreement between the parties.”
• “Hence, courts should initially look to the agreement between the parties, if there is one, and honor that agreement, unless other provisions of the agreement, or the parties’ actual practice, demonstrate that it is not a valid indicator of status.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).