Horowitz v. Daily Mirror, Inc.

The outcome of this action resolves around the question as to whether or not the relation of master and servant existed between the defendants Daily Mirror, Inc., and Charles Grogan. From a reading of the contract between these defendants, it would seem that Charles Grogan did not have the status of employee of the ' defendant Mirror, but rather stood in the position of an independent contractor. Under the agreement in question, Grogan, for a stated sum, was hired as a contractor, with his automobile, to load, transport and deliver merchandise for* the defendant Mirror; but from the evidence…