Hansen v. Ritter

CYNTHIA L. MARTIN, Judge.

This appeal follows the trial court’s dismissal of a wrongful death petition which asserted a common law claim of negligence against two co-employees of a man tragically killed in a workplace accident. The issue on appeal is whether co-employees owe one another a personal duty of care to provide a safe workplace. The trial court concluded that co-employees do not owe a personal duty of care to provide a safe workplace and cannot, therefore, be sued for negligence in acting or failing to act in breach of such a duty. We agree and affirm.

Factual and Procedural History

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