Hanson v. Transportation General, Inc.

• Decision Date: 18 September 1997
• Citation: 701 A.2d 329,243 Conn. 914
• Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
• Parties: Janet HANSON v. TRANSPORTATION GENERAL, INC., et al.

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701 A.2d 329

243 Conn. 914

Janet HANSON v.TRANSPORTATION GENERAL, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided Sept. 18, 1997.

Lawrence C. Sgrignari, Hamden, in support of the petition.

Jason M. Dodge, Glastonbury, in opposition.

The plaintiff's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 45 Conn.App. 441, 696 A.2d 1026(AC 16527), is granted, limited to the following issues:

"Should the relative nature of the work test be adopted as an alternative to the right to control test in concluding whether the plaintiff's decedent, a cab driver, was an independent contractor and not an employee of the defendant taxi cab company?

"Did the Appellate Court properly affirm the finding of dismissal pursuant to the right to control...