Stone v. United Parcel Service, Inc.

By Judge James F. Ingram

Ollie G. Stone, an employee of Virginia Maintenance Company, was injured on February 8, 1985, when he was struck by a door opened by a UPS employee while Stone was waxing the floor at the UPS facility in Danville, Virginia. By agreement dated May 1, 1984, Virginia Maintenance Company was to furnish cleaning services for the UPS facility in Danville. As a result of this injury, Stone received Workers’ Compensation benefits from his employer, Virginia Maintenance Company. Stone then brought this suit against UPS seeking to recover under the theory of common law…