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GOODWIN v. COMCAST CORPORATION

42 A.D.3d 322 (2007)

840 N.Y.S.2d 781

JOHN GOODWIN, Respondent, v. COMCAST CORPORATION et al., Appellants, and SUSAN HELLER, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided July 5, 2007.

As a general rule, a principal is not liable for the acts of an independent contractor because principals ordinarily do not control the manner in which independent contractors, as opposed to employees of the principal, perform their work (Chainani v Board of Educ. of City of N.Y., 87 N.Y.2d 370, 380-381 [1995]; Saini v Tonju Assoc., 299 A.D.2d 244, 245 [2002]). Control of the method and...

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