Seput v. Lacayo

OPINION

In this case, we decide whether a homeowner enjoys immunity, under the workers’ compensation statutes, from a premises liability suit brought by an employee of a pest control contractor. The homeowner hired the pest control contractor to perform extermination services. The pest control service employee was injured when he fell through a hole in the second story floor while performing the contracted extermination services.

The district court determined that the homeowner was immune under the workers’ compensation statutes and dismissed the case. We disagree. We conclude that home…