Yessayan

Yessayan v. Fedex Ground Package System, Inc.

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301 F. App'x 716
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitNovember 25, 2008No. 07-55855California262 words

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MEMORANDUM ***

Plaintiff Aryan Yessayan appeals the summary judgment entered in favor of Defendant FedEx. We affirm.

We have jurisdiction because Plaintiffs appeal was timely. It was filed within 30 *717 days after the district court’s judgment was entered on the civil docket.

The district court did not err in holding that FedEx was not Plaintiffs dual employer. Under the California Supreme Court’s dual employment test in Kowalski v. Shell Oil Co., 23 Cal.3d 168 , 151 Cal. Rptr. 671 , 588 P.2d 811 (1979), the “paramount” consideration is whether FedEx had the “right to control and direct the activities of the alleged employee or the manner and method in which the work is performed, whether exercised or not.” Id., 151 Cal.Rptr. 671 , 588 P.2d at 815-16 (internal quotation marks omitted). Other factors to be considered are who has the power to discharge a worker, who pays wages, what is the nature of the services, whether the work is part of the employer’s regular business, what is the duration of the employment period, and who supplies the work tools. Id., 151 Cl.Rptr. 671, 588 P.2d at 816-17 .

Even viewing the facts in the light most favorable to Plaintiff, it is clear that…

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