Labor/Employment
Sep. 25, 2013
New battleground for contractor vs. employee dispute
The examination of franchise arrangements is a comparatively new branch of the age-old independent contractor versus employee characterization inquiry.
Robert W. Wood
Managing Partner
Wood LLP
333 Sacramento St
San Francisco , California 94111-3601
Phone: (415) 834-0113
Fax: (415) 789-4540
Email: wood@WoodLLP.com
Univ of Chicago Law School
Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.
A Texas jury slapped Domino's Pizza with a $32 million verdict over a pizza delivery accident that killed a 65-year-old woman and left her 70-year-old husband with permanent brain injuries. The elderly couple served as Christian missionaries for 20 years. Speeding on bald tires, the driver was liable, as was the local independent franchise store that sold the pizza.
But was Domino's, as the franchisor, also responsible? Given t...
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