Hanna v. CRA, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, C. J.:

This is an appeal from a summary judgment denying an employee of an independent contractor the right to maintain an action against the principal contractor for negligent injury on the basis that the employee’s exclusive remedy was under the Workmen’s Compensation Act.

The limited facts before us appear in the form of a stipulation as to the record. In lieu of setting out the petition it is stipulated:

*157“That the Plaintiff first filed his petition in the District Court of Sedgwick County, Kansas, on June 5, 1964, for personal injuries which…