Kurdyla v. Pinkerton Security

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that the court lacked sufficient facts at motion to dismiss stage to determine whether individual was employee or independent contractor and allowing parties to refile motion on this ground at summary judgment
• declining to convert the motion to dismiss into a motion for summary judgment despite both parties’ submission of various materials extraneous to the pleadings
• inappropriate to convert motion to dismiss to motion for summary judgment where “little or no discovery has occurred”
• “A court should not convert a motion[] . . . when little or no discovery has occurred.”
• “Given the fact-intensive nature of the analysis and the number and range of factors to consider, this Court concludes that it is inappropriate to grant a motion to dismiss at this early stage.”
• “Given the fact-intensive nature of the analysis and the number 15 and range of factors to consider, this Court concludes that it is inappropriate to grant a motion to 16 dismiss at this early stage.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• DeLa Cruz v. Piccari Press
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2007-10-24· cited 47×
• Chrisanthis v. County of Atl.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2003-06-30· cited 19×
• Rk Ex Rel. Skb v. Yale Schools, Inc.
  D. New Jersey· 2008-10-30· cited 14×
• Simmang v. Texas Board of Law Examiners
  W.D. Texas· 2004-09-15· cited 7×

Cites

34 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. White Consolidated Industries, Inc., C/o Ct Corporation Systems Registered Agent
  Third Circuit· 1993-06-30· cited 3,171×
• West v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
  Supreme Court· 1940-12-09· cited 1,397×
• Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Darden
  Supreme Court· 1992-03-24· cited 1,334×
• Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-05· cited 1,141×
• Lillian Kachmar v. Sungard Data Systems, Inc. Lawrence A. Gross Donna J. Pedrick
  Third Circuit· 1997-03-26· cited 510×
• Kulwicki v. Dawson
  Third Circuit· 1992-07-02· cited 452×
• Clowes v. Terminix International, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1988-03-21· cited 405×
• Robb, James v. City of Philadelphia and Mann, Fredric R. And Horowitz, Vladimir and Crawford, Robert W. And Washington, Nathaniel and Doe, John
  Third Circuit· 1984-05-07· cited 240×
• Catherine A. MARZANO, Appellant, v. COMPUTER SCIENCE CORP. INC.; CSC Partners Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1996-07-31· cited 205×
• GE Solid State, Inc v. Director, Division of Taxation
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1993-06-08· cited 194×
• Harold Frankel v. Bally, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1993-02-17· cited 122×
• Nos. 97-5735, 97-5736
  Third Circuit· 1999-05-25· cited 98×
• Speen v. Crown Clothing Corp.
  First Circuit· 1996-12-24· cited 78×
• Beverly Enterprises, Inc. Donald L. Dotson v. Rosemary Trump Service Employees International Union Local 585
  Third Circuit· 1999-07-08· cited 75×
• Pukowsky v. Caruso
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1998-06-10· cited 58×
• Brennan v. National Telephone Directory Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1994-04-28· cited 50×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1998-01-22· cited 41×
• Sowemimo v. D.A.O.R. Security, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1999-04-19· cited 37×
• Blessing v. T. Shriver and Co.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1967-04-10· cited 34×
• Syncsort Inc. v. Sequential Software, Inc.
  D. New Jersey· 1999-01-28· cited 34×