{"id":2340,"date":"2021-12-22T14:25:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T19:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/blog\/?p=2340"},"modified":"2025-08-17T18:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T22:22:16","slug":"webb-v-giant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/blog\/webb-v-giant\/","title":{"rendered":"Webb v. Giant of Maryland: New Independent Contractor Opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/mdcourts.gov\/data\/opinions\/cosa\/2021\/0413s19.pdf\">Webb v. Giant of Maryland LLC<\/a>, the Maryland Court of Appeals (COA) was asked to revisit the decision of the Court of Special Appeals (COSA).<\/p>\n<p>The issue was whether the grocery store could be liable for an injury caused by a Pepsi delivery driver while stocking shelves at the store. The Pepsi delivery driver was an independent contractor and not a store employee of Giant. So the question was whether Giant still be liable for the Pepsi driver\u2019s acts based on the level of control they had over him inside the store.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 Maryland Court of Appeal affirmed the decision of COSA holding that Giant could not be held liable because the store did not exercise the necessary high level of control over the Pepsi driver.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/blog\/webb-v-giant\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Webb v. Giant of Maryland: New Independent Contractor Opinion\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Webb v. Giant of Maryland LLC, the Maryland Court of Appeals (COA) was asked to revisit the decision of the Court of Special Appeals (COSA). The issue was whether the grocery store could be liable for an injury caused by a Pepsi delivery driver while stocking shelves at the store. 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