Southeastern Steel Erectors, Inc. v. Inco, Inc.

WYNN, Judge.

Southeastern Steel Erectors, Inc. (“Southeastern”) was the second tier subcontractor at a, job site owned by the lams Company (“lams”). On April 30,1990, Southeastern entered into an equipment rental agreement with Inco, Inc. (“Inco”) for a twenty-five ton Link-Belt crane. The agreement stated that Southeastern intended to Use the crane at “various jobs” and it also contained an option for Southeastern to purchase the crane at the end of the six month lease term. Inco provided no operator for the crane, but did on two occasions go to the lams site to make repairs, which repairs…