Brockney v. Centel Cellular Co. of Fort Walton Beach Ltd. Partnership

Marsha K. Brockney, appellant and the plaintiff in the trial court, challenges a final summary judgment in a negligence action in favor of appellee, Centel Cellular Company of Fort Walton Beach, the defendant in the trial court. The issue is whether the trial court erred in granting a summary judgment on the basis that appellee owed no duty to the plaintiffs decedent under the unique facts of this case. We uphold the trial court’s decision determining that a defendant who hires an independent contractor to perform work on rural land belonging to the defendant is not hable to an employee of…