Sliter v. Cobb

In the 55 years since Gall v. Detroit Journal Co. (1916), 191 Mich 405, was decided, the Michigan Supreme Court has decided six tort cases where the question presented was whether a person injured by the negligent automobile driving of a delivery man may recover from the business concern which hired him to deliver its goods under the circumstance that the delivery man owned the automobile and was purporting to act as an independent contractor. In each and every case *491the Supreme Court ruled that the business concern was subject to liability. I have, therefore, concluded that Gall does not…