Tarron v. Bowen MacHine & Fabricating, Inc.

OPINION

BARKER, Judge.

¶ 1 Bowen Machine & Fabricating, Inc., doing business as Bowen Industrial Contractors, Inc., (“Bowen”) appeals from the trial court’s grant of partial summary judgment to James and Sherry Tarron on the issue of vicarious liability and the subsequent judg-mént after a jury trial finding Bowen 60% liable for the Tarrons’ damages. For the foregoing reasons, we reverse and remand.

Facts and Procedural Background

¶ 2 In 2004, James Tarron was working for Phelps Dodge as a brick mason, diagnostic mechanic, equipment operator, pipe fitter, and welder at a copper smelter in Miami,…