Court Opinion

ID: 9545020
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 17:04:44.904271+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:13:53.680460
License: Public Domain

PERRY, J.,
dissenting.
I am unable to agree with the majority since, in my opinion, there is no substantial evidence in the record that the publishing company had the right to exercise control over the manner in which the defendant Badgett controlled and operated his newspaper delivery business.
In my opinion the posture of the case is such that the jury is left to speculate as to what may or may not be the relationship between the publishing company and Badgett. The publishing company was entitled to an instruction as a matter of law that there was a *605failure of proof on the part of the plaintiff to establish that defendant Badgett was an agent of the company.
I would reverse.
Mr. Justice Rossman concurs in this dissent.