The Bad Neighbor, by Freda Moon [State Farm v. Pyorre]

The Bad Neighbor, by Freda Moon [State Farm v. Pyorre]: "Pyorre has evidence — stacks and stacks of papers showing that, on tax form after tax form, State Farm asserted that its agents met the Internal Revenue Service's definition of an independent contractor. On one IRS form, State Farm wrote that the 'worker' is not 'subject to any kind of penalty for failure to attend' training sessions. But Rich Pyorre was fired — quite a harsh penalty, by most standards — for not attending. State Farm does not deny that is why his contract was terminated (they even sent a letter to all California agents announcing the canning of four rebellious agents, one of whom was Pyorre)."