Long v. Stateline Systems, Inc.

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

This is a worker’s compensation case in which the trial court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed plaintiff’s cause of action based on T.C.A. section 50-6-106.

Defendant, Stateline Systems, Inc., is a common carrier by motor vehicle operating pursuant to a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission. On January 21, 1983, Stateline entered into an “Equipment Lease Agreement” with Kenneth Ellis. This agreement provided that Ellis was to furnish a vehicle together with a driver and any necessary…