Master and Servant: Independent Contractor: Inherent Danger Exception

Infant walkers: developmental tool or inherent danger.

This study investigated the influence of pre-walking practice in an infant walker on the onset time of independent walking. 15 pairs of twins were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. Only the experimental group was exposed to an infant walker. This group spent a minimum of 1 hr. per day in an infant walker from 4 mo. of age until the onset of bipedal locomotion. The infants i...

Papers and Originals Medical Science : Master or Servant ?

If any testimony were needed to the unique position of William Harvey in the development of modern medicine, it would be sufficient to note that after more than three centuries new researches into his life and work continue to be made and have yielded in the last few years a quite astonishing harvest. Notable among them are the recent volume by Keynes (1966), so rich in learning yet so delightf...

General practitioners and the independent contractor status.

Primary medical care can be provided either by a bureaucratic hierarchical organization or alternatively by independent contractors. Most members of the caring professions in medicine, nursing, and social work are employed in bureaucracies, whereas general medical practitioners, general dental practitioners, opticians, and pharmacists are independent contractors.The independent contractor statu...

Technology: Servant or Master of the Online Teacher?

TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES ON THE INTERNETand the World Wide Web have tended to drive online pedagogy. It is time to reverse this relationship and make the needs of teaching and learning take priority. The authors propose three different formats for utilizing the Web in online and classroom instruction. These formats were developed in a program for undergraduate legal studies dealing with three lev...

Is a Newscarrier an Employee or an Independent Contractor? Deterring Abuse of the "Independent Contractor" Label via State Tort Claims