Leighton v. Haynes

How courts have described this case

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• holding evidence that governmental unit retained final approval over decisions and actions on construction of highway established only control over the end results of contractor’s work
• concluding engineering company was independent contractor where evidence showed governmental entity hired company for set amount of time—time it took to complete tollway project—and 16 paid flat fee
• holding evidence that governmental unit retained final approval over decisions and actions on construction of highway established only control over end results of contractor’s work but not control over details of work
• reviewing decision on plea to jurisdiction of alleged governmental unit employee under “right of control” test
• applying right-to-control factors to determine whether an engineering firm performing services on a county-owned toll road was an independent contractor or an employee of the county
• reviewing decision 21 on plea to jurisdiction of alleged governmental unit employee under “right of control” test

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).