Brown v. Friday Services, Inc.

WYNN, Judge.

This appeal arises from a wrongful death action brought on behalf of Roger M. Brown, III (“decedent”) who fell through a skylight while working on a roof owned by defendant Westinghouse Electric Corporation (“Westinghouse”). The decedent was employed by defendant Friday Services, Inc. (“Friday Services”), a temporary employment agency which in turn assigned the decedent to work for defendant Kassem, Inc. (“Kassem”), a roofing contractor. Kassem then directed the decedent to work on a roof at the Westinghouse plant in Asheville.

On 22 December 1993, plaintiff Madelyn B. Brown,…