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California Supreme Court

Apr. 4, 2017

State high court to decide if doctor can be charged with public employee fraud

The state Supreme Court considers Tuesday the issue of when a doctor is an employee or an independent contractor, and if a doctor alleged to have stolen from a public hospital can be charged with defrauding taxpayers.

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The state Supreme Court will consider Tuesday when a doctor is an employee or an independent contractor, and if a doctor alleged to have stolen from a public hospital can be charged with defrauding taxpayers.

Worker classification and public employee-specific obligations are on the front burner of contemporary employment law disputes, but seemingly no key case before has regarded doctors, and ...

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