JOHN W. KEARNS, P.A. v. DEPT. OF LABOR

No. 95-3380.

680 So.2d 619 (1996)

JOHN W. KEARNS, P.A., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, DIVISION OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

October 9, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Kearns, Coral Gables, and R. Amy Blum, Miami, for appellant.

Karen Kugell, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, NESBITT and GERSTEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

An attorney appeals the determination that a secretary he engaged was an employee for unemployment compensation purposes. John W. Kearns, in need of a secretary, found a typist who was operating at the time as an independent contractor, typing transcripts for various court reporters. Kearns agreed to pay the secretary a daily flat fee to work at his law office. She brought her own word processor, and used that machine daily as she worked for Kearns as...

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