Metcalf v. Case

Upon appeal these cases resolve themselves into a third party claim for damages for personal injuries against only the defendant Cobb. Plaintiff was covered by workmen’s compensation through her employer, Mill Conversion Contractors, Inc. (Mill). She claims she was injured while at work by the negligence of the employees of Cobb, who was also a complying employer under the Workmen’s Compensation Law.

Cobb interposed two defenses by supplemental answer: (1) Plaintiff’s employer, Mill, and Cobb were both complying employers who had "joint supervision and control” over the premises upon which…