Lake v. Reeder Construction Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding existence of employer-employee relationship is jurisdictional question; injured worker’s employment status, as it affects jurisdiction, is matter of law for decision by court and includes findings of fact that relate to jurisdiction
• stating the existence of an employer-employee relationship is a jurisdictional question; an injured worker’s employment status, as it affects jurisdiction, is matter of law for decision by the court and includes findings of fact which relate to jurisdiction
• “Lack of subject matter jurisdiction can be raised at any time, can be raised for the first time on appeal, and can be raised sua sponte by the court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).