JAMES BUMGARNER, APPELLANT,
v.
COMMUNIST STYLED TYPE OFFICIALS ET AL., APPELLEES

Fla. | 1971-06-14
No. 41093
ROBERTS, C. J., and ADKINS, BOYD, McCAIN and DEKLE, JJ., concur.
249 So. 2d 689 Florida Supreme Court (1971) Caution
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Opinion of the Court

Appeal dismissed.

ROBERTS, C. J., and ADKINS, BOYD, McCAIN and DEKLE, JJ., concur.


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  • United States Tel. Co. v. State, 410 So. 2d 1002 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982)
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  • …ion of another as to his results only, he is an independent contractor; if he is subject to control as to the means used, he is an employee. Collins v. Federated Mutual Implement & Hardware Insurance Co., 247 So. 2d 461 (Fla. 4th DCA), cert. denied, 249 So. 2d 689 (Fla.1971). In this case the cable splicers work on their own schedules, and neither the appellant nor the telephone company exercises control over the means by which they perform their services. “(b) Whether or not the one employed is engaged in a…

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