German v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.

HAIRE, Judge.

The facts in this case require a consideration of the law relating to the possible liability of an employer of an independent contractor for injuries to the employees of that independent contractor.

At the time of the injuries here involved, plaintiffs Richard German and Virgil Cook were employees of an independent contractor 1 who was engaged in work generally consisting of the construction of manholes, the digging of trenches, and the installation of conduits and telephone cables for defendant Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company, on defendant’s easement within the…