Dross v. Southern Airways, Inc.

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Clarence Van Dross, commenced this action against the appellee, Southern Airways, Inc. (now Republic Airlines, Inc.), seeking damages for personal injuries sustained in a fall on the appellee’s premises. Dross was employed as a custom engineer by Raytheon Data Systems Corporation (Raytheon), a manufacturer and vendor of computer equipment. The appellee purchased certain computer equipment from Raytheon in order to expand its passenger reservation service, and Raytheon assigned Dross to install the equipment and make the new system operational. Rather than…