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In Giant of Maryland LLC v. Karen Webb<\/a>, No. 413, Sept. Term 2019, was asked to decide whether Giant could be liable for an injury to a customer caused by a Pepsi delivery driver while stocking Pepsi products on the shelves. The Pepsi driver was not a Giant employee so the issue was whether Giant could still be liable for his negligent actions based on the level of control they had over him inside the store.<\/p>\n

The COSA held that Giant did not have enough control to be liable for the actions of the Pepsi driver. Giant\u2019s \u201cgeneral control\u201d over the work of its product delivery drivers at the store was not enough. In order to be liable, Giant would need to have maintained control over the \u201coperative details and methods\u201d of the independent contractor\u2019s work, including the \u201cvery thing from which the injury arose.\u201d<\/p>\n

Summary of Giant of Maryland v. Webb<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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In Giant of Maryland LLC v. Karen Webb, No. 413, Sept. Term 2019, was asked to decide whether Giant could be liable for an injury to a customer caused by a Pepsi delivery driver while stocking Pepsi products on the shelves. The Pepsi driver was not a Giant employee so the issue was whether Giant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appeals"],"yoast_head":"\nNew Opinion on Liability for Independent Contractors in Maryland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Giant of Maryland LLC v. 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