Davis v. M.C. Dixon Lumber Co., Inc.

These appeals arise from separate summary judgments in favor of the defendants in an action arising out of an on-the-job accident in which the plaintiff's husband was fatally injured. The issues are whether summary judgment was proper either for the defendant premises owner on the plaintiff's claim alleging failure to warn of a dangerous condition or for the defendant owner of the log truck driven by the decedent on the plaintiff's claim alleging negligence.

M.C. Dixon Lumber Company ("Dixon") owned and operated a lumber mill in Barbour County. To obtain logs for the mill, Dixon contracted…