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JSF PROMOTIONS, INC. v. ADMINISTRATOR, UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT (SC 16804)
Sullivan, C. J., and Borden, Norcott, Katz and Vertefeuille, Js. Argued April 15--officially released August 12, 2003

Richard T. Sponzo, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Thomas P. Clifford III, assistant attorney general, for the appellant (defendant). George J. Kelly, Jr., with whom was Glenn A. Duhl,

for the appellee (plaintiff). Bennett Pudlin filed a brief for the intervening appellant (employment security board of review).
Opinion

SULLIVAN, C. J. The defendant, the administrator of the Unemployment Compensation Act, appeals1 from the judgment of the trial court reversing the decision of the employment security board of review (board),2 which had found the plaintiff, JSF Promotions, Inc. (JSF), liable for unemployment compensation contributions with regard to individuals recruited and assigned by JSF to work as product demonstrators in supermarkets. We reverse the judgment of the trial court. The opinion of the trial court sets out the following relevant facts and procedural history. ``[JSF] operates a business providing individuals to demonstrate products of various manufacturers to consumers, primarily in supermarkets. [JSF] engages the services of these individuals, who will be referred to as `demonstrators,' pursuant to contracts [JSF] has with the supermarkets and the demonstrators. ``Following an audit by the defendant . . . for the period January 1, 1993 to December 31, 1995, the auditor determined that the services performed by the demonstrators constituted employment within the meaning of General Statutes

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