Industrial Tile, Inc. v. Stewart

Plaintiff, John Stewart, was employed at the time of his accident as an iron worker for J J Construction and Maintenance Contractors (J J). J J had been engaged by Courtaulds North America, Inc. (Courtaulds) to renovate an area of its Le-Moyne, Alabama, plant. Stewart was injured when he attempted to aid an employee of another independent contractor, Industrial Tile, Inc. (Industrial Tile); the other employee was electrocuted when a cherry picker (a mobile hydraulic crane) operated by Industrial Tile employees came in contact with a 7200-volt wire which had been installed in 1971 as a…