Nelson v. Cities Service Oil Company

How courts have described this case

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

• stating “the intention of the parties as to the relationship created or existing” is “another possible element”
• listing considerations as (1) the right of selection (2) responsibility for wages, (3) right to fire, (4) right to control the work, and (5) identity of the employer as authority in charge of work or for whose benefit it is performed
• reversal not required if commissioner misstates rule of law but actually determines case under correct rule
• “The principal accepted test of an independent contractor is that he is free to determine for himself the manner in which the specified results shall be accomplished.” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).