Jones v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.

CARDINE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted Chevron U.S.A., Inc. in a suit brought by appellant Floyd Jones for electrocution injuries he suffered while painting a transformer platform owned by Chevron. There are several interrelated issues which demand our attention. At the outset, we must decide whether an owner of a work site has a duty to protect an employee of an independent contractor from hazards of the work site which are incidental to the very work the contractor is hired to perform. If we find that the owner owes such a duty, we must determine whether it runs…