Stover v. Ratliff

How courts have described this case

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• explaining such facts are only more or less useful “in determining whose is the work and where is the power of control” (quoting Baker v. Nussman, 147 S.E. 246, 249 (Va. 1929))
• “[WJhether there exists a relationship of master and servant, rather than one of independent contractor or subcontractor, is a question of law and not of fact.”
• the issue was whether defendant had enough employees to fall within the scope of the Act; focus was upon control; no analysis of whether various persons claimed to be employees were engaged in defendant’s trade, business, or occupation
• the issue was whether defendant had enough employees to fall within the scope of the Act; focus was upon control; no analysis of whether various persons claimed to be employees were engaged in defendant's trade, business, or occupation
• “[T]he Act applies to the contractual relationship of master and servant.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).