Limestone Products Distribution, Inc. v. McNamara

Coy Mathis’s car collided with Tom McNamara’s motorcycle, causing McNamara fatal injuries. Here, the issue is whether, when the accident occurred, Mathis worked as Limestone Products Distribution, Inc.’s independent contractor, or, if Mathis was Limestone’s employee, whether he was acting in the course and scope of his employment. McNamara’s survivors sued Mathis and Limestone alleging that Mathis’s negligence caused McNamara’s death. Limestone moved for summary judgment, asserting that it is not liable for Mathis’s negligence because he was an independent contractor when the accident…