Farris v. General Growth Development Corp.

OXBERGER, Chief Judge.

The defendant appeals from judgment upon verdicts for the plaintiffs in this tort case arising from a construction accident. The defendant’s numerous issues revolve around its contention that it, as an employer of the independent contractor, owed only *253a very limited duty of care to the employee of an independent contractor. The defendant contends the trial court’s instructions misstated in several ways the law relating to the duty owed by an employer to the employee of an independent contractor; it also contends the evidence was not sufficient to permit the jury to find…