Speen v. Crown Clothing Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that an employ-ée is one who “at every moment, with respect to every detail ... is bound to obedience and subject to direction and control”
• affirming grant of judgment as a matter of law concluding individual was independent contractor
• finding a salesperson to be an independent contractor despite working at apparel company for 20 years
• affirming grant of judgment as a matter of law concluding individual was independent contractor
• finding a supervisor's comment about age to be a stray remark
• “[A]mbiguous remarks, tending to suggest animus based on age, are insufficient, standing alone, to prove an employer’s discriminatory intent.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).