Case Name: Frank Bratt et al., Appellants, v. Midland Asphalt Corporation, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1960-07-08
Citations: 8 N.Y.2d 963
Docket Number: 
Parties: Frank Bratt et al., Appellants, v. Midland Asphalt Corporation, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 8
Pages: 963–965

Head Matter:
Frank Bratt et al., Appellants, v. Midland Asphalt Corporation, Respondent.
Argued May 24, 1960;
decided July 8, 1960.
John L. Goodell for appellants.
J. Edmund De Castro, Jr., for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment reversed and a new trial granted, with costs to abide the event, upon the ground that the evidence in this case created a question of fact as to the nature of the relationship between defendant-respondent and defendant trucker. It, therefore, was error for the trial court to charge that defendant trucker was an independent contractor as a matter of law (Johnson v. B. T. K. Petroleum Co., 289 N. Y. 101). No opinion.
Concur: Chief Judge Desmond and Judges Dye, Fuld, Froessel, Van Voorhis, Burke and Foster.