Sauve v. Winfree

OPINION

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

After falling down a stairway at her place of employment, Nanette Sauve sued the premises owners, Dennis Winfree and Bill Nix, who were also the officers and sole shareholders of Sauve’s corporate employer. The superior court granted summary judgment to Winfree and Nix after concluding that their landlord duties were inextricably intertwined with their corporate duties and, thus, that they were immune as co-employees under the Workers’ Compensation Act. Because Sauve raised a genuine issue of material fact as to whether Winfree and Nix’s negligence as…