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SWANSON HAY CO. v. EMPLOYMENT SEC. DEPT.

No. 34566-1-111 (consolidated with No. 34567-0-111, No. 34568-8-111).

404 P.3d 517 (2017)

SWANSON HAY COMPANY, Appellant, v. STATE of Washington EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT, Respondent. Hatfield Enterprizes, Inc., a Washington corporation, Appellant, v. State of Washington Employment Security Department, Respondent. System-TWT Transport, a Washington corporation, Appellant, v. State of Washington Employment Security Department, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

FILED October 31, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan R. McNeice , McNeice Wheeler PLLC, Po Box 14758, 11404 E Sprague Ave, Spokane Valley, WA, 99214-0758, Philip Albert Talmadge , Thomas M. Fitzpatrick , Talmadge/Fitzpatrick/Tribe, 2775 Harbor Ave Sw, Third Floor Ste C, Seattle, WA, 98126-2138, Aaron Paul Riensche , Ogden Murphy Wallace PLLC, 901 5th Ave Ste 3500, Seattle, WA, 98164-2008 Counsels for Appellants.

Eric Daniel Peterson , Leah E. Harris , Washington State Attorney General's Office, 800 5th Ave Ste 2000, Seattle, WA, 98104-3188 Counsels for Respondents.

Laura Elizabeth Kruse , Betts Patterson & Mines PS, 701 Pike St Ste 1400, Seattle, WA, 98101-3927, Amicus Curiae on behalf of American Trucking Associations, Inc.

PUBLISHED OPINION

¶ 1 The common law, the Washington legislature, and the United States Congress have defined whether two parties stand in an employment as opposed to an independent contractor relationship in different ways, depending on the context. This case illustrates that...

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