Scott Ex Rel. Administrator v. Hughes

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beier, J.:

This interlocutory appeal in a wrongful death and survival action requires us to address potential limits on the exclusive remedy and tandem fellow servant doctrines of workers compensation law.

Jeffrey Wade Scott, an employee of Duke Drilling, Inc., was killed in a single-vehicle accident while he and others were being driven to a job site. The driver was defendant coworker Christopher Hughes; it was alleged that Hughes was under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the accident.

Plaintiff Bonnie Jean Brungardt Scott, Scott’s…