Gneiting v. Idaho Asphalt Supply, Inc.

LANSING, Judge.

This is an appeal from a district court’s order granting the defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a personal injury action. The plaintiff-appellant was an employee of an independent contractor and was seriously injured while working on the defendant’s property. The district court held that the defendant did not owe the contractor’s employee a duty of care. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Defendant Idaho Asphalt Supply, Inc., is engaged in the business of formulating and selling asphalt products. In August of 1992, Idaho Asphalt…