Snider v. Northern States Power Co.

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• concluding that the plaintiffs' argument that the principal employer's failure to furnish supervisory control over its independent contractors constituted an affirmative act of negligence \defie[d] the commonly accepted meaning of 'affirmative'\
• concluding that the plaintiffs employer was \indisputably an independent contractor\ because the principal employer made no attempt to control the details of the contracted work and was concerned only that \the completed work conformed with the contract specifications\
• explaining that summary judgment shall be rendered where \no material facts are in dispute and only a question of law is presented\ (citing Wis. Stat. § 802.08(2))
• explaining that summary judgment shall be rendered where \no material facts are in dispute and only a question of law is presented\ (citing Wis. Stat. § 802.08(2))
• “The most important single criterion in determining whether a person is an independent contractor is the degree to which the owner, rather than the independent contractor, retains the right to control the details of the work.”
• “The most important single criterion in determining whether a person is an independent contractor is the degree to which the owner, rather than the independent contractor, retains the right to control the details of the work.”

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