CRYSTAL COURT RECREATION, INC., APPELLANT,

v.

CRYSTAL COURT MANOR NO. 5 CONDOMINIUM, INC., ET AL., APPELLEES

Citator

Cited By (15 total)

• Roberts v. Gator Freightways, Inc., 538 So. 2d 55 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989)
  …utors, 146 Fla. 773, 1 So. 2d 858 (1941); Hilldrup Transfer & Storage of New Smyrna Beach, Inc. v. State, Department of Labor and Employment Security, Division of Employment, 447 So. 2d 414 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984); and La Grande v. B & L Services, Inc., 432 So. 2d 1364 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983). The contract between Reason and Gator specifically recites that Reason is an independent contractor.1 The contract provides in part that (1) neither Reason, as contractor, nor any of his drivers or employees shall be deemed to…
• Nazworth v. Swire Fla., Inc., 486 So. 2d 637 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986)
  …the agreement’s use of a certain descriptive label for one of the contracting parties is not determinative of the actual legal relationship between the parties. See Cantor v. Cochran, 184 So. 2d 173, 174 (Fla.1966); LaGrande v. B & L Services, Inc., 432 So. 2d 1364 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983). The standard for determining whether an agent is an independent contractor is the degree of control exercised by the employer or owner over the agent. DeBolt v. Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, 427 So. 2d 221 (…
• Acme OIL & Self Insured Servs., Inc. v. Vasatka, 465 So. 2d 1314 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985)
  …the existence of an employer/employee relationship is the degree of control which the putative employer exercises over the person or who has the right to direct what shall be done and how and when it shall be done. La Grande v. B & L Services, Inc., 432 So. 2d 1364 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983). Vasatka applied for the job with Brickner, not Acme. Brickner alone hired and fired the station’s employees. Brick-ner was the only one telling Vasatka what to do and how to do it. Brickner scheduled his hours, paid him and sup…

Authorities Cited

• Cole v. Angora Enters., Inc., 403 So. 2d 1010 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981)