Columns Properties, Inc. v. Coleman

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Catherine Coleman sued Columns Properties, Inc., for damages based on injuries she sustained in a fall at a Columns Properties construction site. Coleman’s husband, Dennis Coleman, also sued for loss of consortium. Columns Properties moved for summary judgment, and when the trial court denied the motion, this court granted an interlocutory appeal.

Dennis Coleman is a construction supervisor for Columns Properties. Catherine Coleman was employed as an independent contractor to clean houses for Columns Properties under her husband’s supervision. Nevertheless, Catherine…