Aubrey Kilchrist v. SIKA Corporation

PER CURIAM: *

This is a slip-and-fall case where the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, and the district court granted judgment as a matter of law for the defendant — premises on the grounds that it owed the plaintiff no duty as a matter of law. We affirm.

I. FACTS

Plaintiff Aubrey Kilchrist (“Kilchrist”) was employed by Distribution Technologies (“DisTech”) as a truck driver. Defendant Sika Corporation (“Sika”) engaged DisTech as an independent contractor to provide trucking services to the Sika plant in question. Sika produces a chemical known as admix that comes in a variety of colors…