Bennett v. Wilson

This is an appeal from a directed verdict for the defendants-appellees at the close of the plaintiff-appellant’s case. The principal issue is the application of the “loaned servant” doctrine to an employee of the defendant, who caused an injury to the appellant.

Appellant was an employee of the Savage Blacktop Company. Savage had jobs to install several blacktop residential driveways. It entered into a contract with the Bomar Company, a partnership, to supply Savage with a “highlift” and an operator to work on the excavations. Savage paid an hourly rate for the equipment and its operator,…