Spradlin v. Drummond Co., Inc.

KENNEDY, Justice.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, Floyd Spradlin, from a judgment based on a directed verdict in favor of the defendant, Drummond Company, Inc. (“Drummond”). We reverse and remand.

This action resulted from an accident that occurred on January 15, 1986, at Drummond’s Beltona Strip Pit in northern Jefferson County. At the time of the accident, Spradlin was employed as a truck driver for Busby Trucking Company, an independent contractor retained by Drum-mond to haul coal from the Beltona mine. Spradlin alleged that he sustained injuries when his 18-wheel coal truck was being…