Legal Opinion
Ellis v. Chase Communications, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 25, 1995No. 93-6465PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSiler, J., joined by Boggs, J.,
WELLFORD, J. (pp. 478-83), delivered a separate concurring opinion.
SILER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, the administrator of the estate and next of kin of the deceased, Jere Martin Ellis, appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant, Chase Communication Co. (“Chase”). The district court held that Chase owed no duty to protect Ellis, an employee of an independent contractor, from obvious and apparent dangers on its property, even though Ellis was engaged in inherently dangerous work when he fell off a transmission tower. For reasons stated herein, we affirm.
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