Jackson v. Petit Jean Electric Co-Op

Richard L. Mays, Justice.

We granted certiorari to consider the question of tort liability of an employer to employees of an independent contractor.

Respondent, Petit Jean Electric Cooperative Corporation, entered into a construction contract in June, 1973 with Johnson Construction Company, an independent contractor, to rebuild new transmission and distribution lines of its electric transmission system. In January, 1979, Clay Jackson, an employee of Johnson Construction Company and a petitioner herein, was seriously injured when his body came into contact with a hot wire while working on…