Albert Collins v. Trinity Industries, Inc. And Southern Company Services, Inc.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Alfred Collins filed suit in federal district court against Trinity Industries and Southern Services seeking recovery for injuries incurred in a fall from a caged ladder at the Mississippi Power Company’s plant in Gulfport, Mississippi. The district court granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment and we affirm.

Facts

Mississippi Power Company owned and operated an electrical generating facility in Gulfport, Mississippi. The facility was built in part by Ingalls Iron Works, a company later sold to the defendant Trinity. Ingalls had contracted with…