G. UB. MK. Constructors v. Garner

WOODALL, Justice.

G.UB.MK Constructors (“GUBMK”) and its former employee, Eric M. Leslie, appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of Wendell Garner, an employee of the Tennessee Valley Authority (“TVA”), in Garner’s action against them for on-the-job injuries Garner received when Leslie inadvertently drove a TVA-owned vehicle over Garner’s legs. 1 We reverse and remand.

The details of the accident in which Garner was injured are largely immaterial to this appeal. What is material is the nature of the relationship between Leslie and TVA. In particular, this ease turns on…