Purser v. Heatherlin Properties

WYNN, Judge.

On 30 June 1993, the plaintiff Joe Neal Purser fell off of a roof while laying bricks for a chimney on a house owned by Ronnie and Linda McMahan. The McMahans rented properties and constructed new homes under the business name of Heatherlin Properties. 1 That entity employed the McMahans — Mr. McMahan built the houses under his general contractor’s license, and Ms. McMahan performed administrative work for the entity. When building a house, Mr. McMahan listed himself as the general contractor on the building permit and listed Heatherlin Properties as the owner of the property,…