Smith v. Mead Corp.

TORBERT, Chief Justice.

In this case the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the Mead Corporation and against Appellant/Plaintiff, an injured employee of an independent contractor.

*460The facts of this case are as follows:

On April 19, 1973, the Mead Corporation (Mead) and Daniel Construction Company (Daniel) entered into a letter agreement whereby Daniel agreed to construct a mill for Mead. Mead later assigned its rights under the letter agreement to the Industrial Development Board of the City of Stevenson (the Board). Subsequent to this assignment, Mead and the Board entered into a…