The California 4th District Court of Appeal upheld a San Diego County jury's verdict that drivers for a delivery service were independent contractors, even though the company had terminated its employees and contracted with them to perform the same duties.Case:James W. Cristler et al. v. Express Messenger Systems, D050719, 1/23/2009. Unpublished.Facts:Express Messenger, a regional overnight package delivery company, discontinued its system of using employee drivers to perform local pickup and delivery work in December 2002 after hiring a consultant, Subcontracting Concepts, to change their...
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