Pate v. Marathon Steel Co.

HOWE, Associate Chief Justice:

Plaintiff Rita Pate seeks reversal of a summary judgment granted by the trial court to defendants Marathon Steel Company and Hensel-Phelps Company.

Pate was an apprentice-trainee ironwork-er who was hired by Placers, Inc., in June 1980, to assist in the construction of the Cove Fort Canyon overpass on Interstate Highway 15 in Sevier County, Utah. Placers was a subcontractor of Marathon Steel, who in turn was a subcontractor of Hen-sel-Phelps, the general contractor on the project. Pate was assisting in cadwelding, a process which fuses together the ends of…