Pope v. City of Talladega

This is a premises liability case in which an employee of an independent contractor hired by a premises owner was killed during the progress of the work on a construction project.

The facts pertinent to a resolution of this case are undisputed: The Water and Sewer Board ("the Board") of the City of Talladega ("the City") owned property on which new water filters were to be constructed at the City of Talladega Water Treatment Plant. The Board hired Burgin Construction Company as general contractor to perform the construction work, part of which required Burgin to excavate at depths of…