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Fifth Circuit· 2/28/2019

Parrish v. Premier Directional Drilling, L.P.

Citations

  • 917 F.3d 369

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  • holding that project-based work tips heavily in favor of independent contractor status
  • stressing that directional drillers must “work in concert with the rest of the drilling operation”
  • noting that directional drilling firm’s “significant” investment “at a drill site” was necessary for directional drillers to be “able to complete the job”
  • observing that tax returns may be relevant for other purposes such as determining profits and losses
  • explaining that it is not significant how one ‘could have’ acted under the contract terms,” but rather how the worker acted in economic reality
  • finding defendant invested more than individual plaintiffs when the defendant invested “tens of thousands of dollars per welder”

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Judges: Smith, Barksdale

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