Dickerson v. Godfrey

OPINION

JOSEPH M. TIPTON, Special Justice.

This is a worker’s compensation case in which the plaintiff, for herself and her children, sought benefits for the accidental death of the children’s father, Dennis Russell, during the installation of a sewer line. Arthur Godfrey was the .deceased’s employer. Rick Catinella, Steve Maynard and Walker Springs Square Partnership were the landowners who had contracted for the work and who the plaintiff contends are liable to pay benefits as principal contractors under T.C.A. § 50-6-113(a). The Knox County Chancery Court granted summary judgment in favor of…