Duran v. Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp.

| jAppellant Robert Duran appeals an order of the Miller County Circuit Court granting summary judgment in favor of appellee Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (Southwest). For reversal, Duran contends that the circuit court erred in granting summary judgment because Southwest owed him a duty of care and questions of material fact remain regarding whether that duty was breached. We affirm.1

I. Facts

| aDuran was an employee of Charles Glover, Jr., d/b/a Charles Glover Trenching & Backhoe (Glover), an independent contractor that was hired to perform utility-trenching services…