Cooper v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

The issue in this case involves a question of the duty of care owed by a contracting party (employer) to an employee of an independent contractor where the work contracted out is allegedly dangerous. The Trial Court granted summary judgment for the employer and dismissed the cause. We affirm.

The complaint in this case alleged that the appellant is the administrator of the estate of his son, Barry Wesley Cooper, who was electrocuted while working on a job for Queen’s Tree Surgery, Inc. on July 29,1977. Queen’s was operating under a contract with the Electric Power Board…