Revels v. Hoechst Celanese Corp.

Goolsby, Judge:

The dispositive issue in this personal injury action brought by Richard Revels, an employee of Kenan Transport Company, against Hoechst Celanese Corporation is whether Revels was Celanese’s “statutory employee” when he was injured at Celanese’s distribution terminal while assisting in the loading of chemicals into Kenan’s tanker. The trial court granted Celanese’s motion for summary judgment, finding Revels was Celanese’s “statutory employee.” We affirm.

According to Leslie J. Cribb, manager of Celanese’s terminal operations, Celanese distributes liquid organic chemicals to…