Thompson v. Phelps Industries, Inc.

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Donald R. Thompson sued Phelps Industries, Inc. and others for injuries received when, after having driven his truck onto a hydraulic truck dump at the Southeast Paper Manufacturing Company plant in Dublin, Georgia, he stepped down from his truck and fell through a space between the platform of the hydraulic truck dump and the catwalk surrounding the truck dump. Phelps Industries moved for summary judgment, contending that it contracted only to build and supply the hydraulic truck dump and that it was not required to, and did not, build the catwalk surrounding the…