Tanner v. Roseburg Forest Products South, Ltd. Partnership

FACTS

JAMES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Roseburg Forest Products South, Limited Partnership, is a privately owned wood-products company. Howard Transportation operates as a common-carrier truck line transporting commodities and industrial goods. In 2009 Howard and Roseburg entered into a written agreement where Howard agreed to transport wood product owned by Roseburg between plants owned by Roseburg. The contract provided that Howard was an independent contractor of Roseburg and that Howard’s employees were not employees of Rose-burg,

¶ 2. On January 24, 2011, Bennie Tanner, a Howard employee,…