Cummings v. Hoosier Marine Properties, Inc.

Marjorie Cummins, as Administratrix of the Estate of Lloyd Cummings, and Janet Sue Cook, as Administratrix of the Estate of James Arnold Cook, brought an action for the wrongful death of their respective husbands against Hoosier Marine Properties, Inc. (Hoosier Marine) and Woodruff and Sons, Inc. (Woodruff). After an entry of judgment on the evidence, Cummings and Cook perfected this appeal in an attempt to have the question of Hoosier Marine’s alleged negligence determined by a jury notwithstanding its defense that the decedents’ employer was hired as an independent contractor.

The issues…