Raymond Lurch v. United States of America, Defendant-Third Party v. The Regents of the University of New Mexico and Ralph Kaplan, Third Party

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• noting that the authority of a university to choose which physicians would fulfill the university's obligations under a contract with the Veteran's Administration was \not conso- nant with a traditional employer-employee relationship\ between the V.A. and the physician
• concluding neurosurgeon who performed services at VA hospital pursuant to a contract between the hospital and the University of New Mexico was an employee of an independent contractor where (1) University had discretion to choose which physicians would fulfill its contractual obligations; (2
• finding the details of the contract made it clear doctor was not an employee
• “[I]t seems logical that some modified control test or some different test should apply with respect to physicians.”

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