Pettaway v. Mobile Paint Mfg. Co., Inc.

Jonas and Shirley Parker Pettaway appeal from a summary judgment entered against them and in favor of one defendant, Mobile Paint Manufacturing Company, Inc. (hereinafter Mobile Paint), arising out of a personal injury action. We affirm.

On or about 18 September 1981, appellant Jonas Pettaway was burned severely by an explosion on the premises of Mobile Paint.

Some three months before Pettaway suffered his injuries, he had gone to Manpower, Inc., an employment agency, and filled out an application in an effort to obtain work. Thereafter, Pettaway returned to Manpower several times to receive…