Skilstaf, Inc. v. Williams

In April 1997, Michael Williams ("the worker"), an employee of Skilstaf, Inc., was working at a mobile-home assembly plant when an overhead scaffold fell on him. The worker suffered spinal injuries that resulted in paraplegia.

In November 1997, the worker sued eight named defendants and various fictitiously named defendants who had designed, constructed, and installed the scaffolding. That action was docketed in the circuit court as case number CV-97-398, and it is before us on appeal as case number 2001250. Skilstaf moved to intervene in the worker's action, and the circuit court allowed…