Plummer v. Bechtel Construction Co.

Thomas C. Plummer, Jr., a pipe fitter employed by Babcock & Wilcox, a subcontractor, commenced this action against Bechtel Construe*649tion Company, which acted as general contractor for the construction of The Detroit Edison Company’s Belle River Power Plant, and Edison to recover damages for injuries Plummer sustained on the job.

A jury awarded damages of $1,100,000, against Bechtel and Edison, which was reduced to $825,000 because the jury apportioned twenty-five percent fault to Plummer.1 The Court of Appeals reversed, stating that Edison did not retain control of the work, that Bechtel took…