Scott v. Altmar, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Six, J.:

This special employer construction accident case is before us on an appeal from summary judgment. Plaintiff Ulysses Scott was employed by Davlin Services, Inc., (Davlin) a temporary employment agency. He was sent by Davlin to a school construction job site to work as a manual laborer for the defendant Altmar, Inc., the general contractor. Scott was injured by a falling steel I-beam. He recovered workers compensation benefits from Davlin Services and later filed a personal injury tort action against Altmar. The district court sustained Altmar’s…