Ryobi Die Casting v. Montgomery

OPINION

ROBB, Judge.

Case Summary 1

Appellant-Defendant, Ryobi Die Casting (USA), Inc. (“Ryobi”), appeals the trial court’s denial of its motion for summary judgment on a negligence claim brought by Appellees-Plaintiffs, Scott and Michelle Montgomery (“Montgomery”), after Scott was injured while working on Ryobi’s premises. We reverse.

Issues

Ryobi raises two issues for our review which we restate as:

1. Whether Ryobi is entitled to summary judgment because it did not have a non-delegable duty to Montgomery, an employee of an independent contractor, there being no “peculiar risk” involved and the…