Rian v. Imperial Municipal Services Group, Inc.

PIERCE, Judge.

Leif Rian (plaintiff) appeals a summary judgment which dismissed his negligence claims against Imperial Municipal Services Group, Inc. (Imperial) and W.C. Muchow and Partners, Inc. (Muchow). We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand with directions.

Plaintiff was injured in the scope of his employment when he fell from an unsecured flight of prefabricated stairs on a construction site. He was an employee of Harmon Construction Company, the general contractor engaged by Jefferson County to construct a jail. Jefferson County was the lessee of the property on which the jail was…