Opinion ID: 1930145
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Heading: Summary Judgment in Favor of QuickCare Walk-In Clinics

Text: The District Court granted a summary judgment in favor of QuickCare apparently on the same basis as asserted in Quick-Care's motionthat at the time of the accident Daniels, beyond any factual dispute, was not engaged in work so as to render an employer liable or potentially liable to third persons for the employee's negligent act. Daniels' affidavit, however, put in issue the factual question of the nature and scope of the employment arrangement between him and QuickCare, and that disputed question made summary judgment improper. On this record the District Court could resolve that factual conflict only by a trial, not in a battle of affidavits submitted on a motion for summary judgment. The entry is: Judgments vacated; remanded to the Superior Court for entry of the following judgments: On Daniels' third-party complaint against Continental Insurance Co.: Summary judgment for Continental vacated; case remanded to the District Court for entry of summary judgment declaring that Continental has a duty to defend the principal action brought by Mullen against Daniels. On Daniels' third-party complaint against QuickCare Walk-In Clinics: Summary judgment in QuickCare's favor vacated. All concurring.