Guerrero v. Standard Alloys Manufacturing Co.

DIES, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff below, Francisco Guerrero, was employed by one Joe Gutierrez described as “a supplier of contract labor.” Gutierrez had supplied plaintiff and others to defendant below, Standard Alloys Manufacturing Company. On April 26, 1977, plaintiff lost one finger and part of another while operating a grinding machine. A suit in negligence followed in which the jury found defendant negligent, plaintiff free from negligence, and damages of $125,000. The jury also found that defendant had the right to direct and control the details and methods by which plaintiff was working…