Walter Douglas v. St. Louis Cold Drawn, Inc.

PATRICIA L. COHEN, Judge.

Introduction

Walter Douglas (Plaintiff) appeals the trial court’s judgment in favor of St. Louis Cold Drawn, Inc. (Defendant) on his action in negligence. Plaintiff claims the trial court erred in submitting to the jury De fendant’s improper affirmative converse instruction. We affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background 1

Plaintiff, a truck driver, worked as an independent contractor for Tennessee Steel Haulers. On Augpst 31, 2010, Plaintiff drove his tractdr trailer to Defendant’s premises where he worked with Defendant’s employee, Mark Kelle, to load bundles of steel…