Murphy v. Holiday Inns, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• stating that the existence of agency relationship depends on whether the agreement gave the alleged principal “control or [the] right to control the methods or details of doing the work.”
• summary judgment affirmed in favor of franchisor where franchise agreement gave franchisor no power to con trol daily maintenance of the premises
• franchisor’s protection of the trademark does not create a principal-agent or master-servant relationship; use of trademark was to benefit both parties, and franchisor lacked control over the motel’s daily operations
• addressing franchisor’s liability based on alleged negligence of franchisee
• distinguishing a franchise from an agency relationship

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).