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Case summary: The company ACS was working on a play pad at SPRC school in Maryland. The project manager of ACS, BW contacted a person WJ to make arrangements for a dump truck to transfer material from quarry to the job site. One day a truck got struck and injured a person P. The person P filed a lawsuit against ACS because WJ was an employee of ACS. The company ACS claimed that the person WJ is an independent contractor. The court favored P and awarded
To explain: The reason given by ACS contending that WJ is not an employee of ACS.

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