Fowler v. International Cleaning Service, Inc.

This case is a corollary to Stone v. Door-Man Manufacturing Co., 260 Va. 406, 537 S.E.2d 305 (2000) this day decided. There, we held that an employee of an owner whose business consisted of manufacturing and selling motor vehicles was not the statutory fellow employee of the architect and contractors involved in a construction project at the owner’s plant. Here, the issue is whether a worker in the employ of the owner of a retail furniture business was the statutory fellow employee of a firm that regularly provided cleaning and janitorial services at the owner’s store.

The question stems from…