Lundstrom v. Maguire Tank, Inc.

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

John Lundstrom, an employee of Truck Crane Service Company (Truck Crane), was injured on a job site operated by Maguire Tank, Inc. Lundstrom collected workers’ compensation from Truck Crane. He then sued Maguire Tank, asserting that its negligence had caused his injury. Maguire Tank asserted that under the loaned servant doctrine it was Lund-strom’s special employer. Under that doctrine, Maguire Tank was liable to Lundstrom under workers’ compensation statutes, but was also protected by those statutes from any further liability. The district court granted Maguire Tank’s…