Guerrero v. Standard Alloys Manufacturing Co.

DIES, Chief Justice.

Francisco Guerrero, plaintiff below, received hand injuries while operating a machine owned by Standard Alloys Manufacturing Company, defendant below. He first settled a workers’ compensation claim with the insurer of Golden Triangle Janitorial Service before suing defendant below in a third party negligence suit. Defendant below was given a summary judgment from which plaintiff below perfects this appeal. The parties in this opinion will be referred to as they were below.

A defendant moving for summary judgment assumes a negative burden of showing as a matter of law that…