Miller v. Long Beach Oil Development Co.

Appellant (plaintiff below) sued to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him in the cave-in of a trench in which he was working on premises of defendant Long Beach Oil Development Company (hereinafter referred to as respondent). At the time of the accident, appellant was the foreman of a four-man maintenance crew employed by Industrial Suppliers Company and supplied to respondent under a contract which described Industrial Suppliers “as an independent contractor and not as an employee” of respondent. In this common law action for negligence, appellant proceeded against Service…