Legal Opinion
Ben Sims v. Memphis Processors, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 22, 1991No. 90-5747PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Ben Sims, Jr. appeals a grant of summary judgment in a tort action for injuries he received when he slipped off a tractor trailer. Sims v. Memphis Processors, Inc., 736 F.Supp. 779 (W.D.Tenn.1990). For the following reasons, we affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment..
On July 8,1987, Ben Sims was employed by the Charles G. Lawson Trucking Co., a common carrier which maintained a trucking company on the yard of John Morrell’s meat packing facility in Montgomery, Alabama. Morrell regularly utilized Lawson drivers to deliver animal hides, meats…
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