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· 5/18/1984

King v. Snide

Citations

  • 479 A.2d 752
  • 144 Vt. 395
  • 1984 Vt. LEXIS 486

How courts have described this case

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

  • “[Section] 601(3) creates a statutory relationship of employer and employee, where no such relationship existed at common law.”
  • “[Cjourts are limited to the interpretation of statutes to effect the purpose expressed by the legislature which enacted them. If the main thrust of a statute seems unfair or unjust, the remedy must be sought in a legislative change.”
  • independent contractor can be considered employee for purposes of workers’ compensation if independent contractor’s work was “of the type that could have been carried out by employees of the owner or proprietor in the course of his usual trade or business”

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Judges: Hill, Underwood, Peck, Gibson, Keyser

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