Leggette v. J. D. McCotter, Inc.

The determinative question . on this appeal, based on the facts revealed by the record, is simply this: Is Crowder or McCotter, or both of them, together with their carriers, liable to the plaintiffs as the result of the death of Leggette?

In Weaver v. Bennett, 259 N.C. 16, 129 S.E. 2d 610, a statement from Nepstad v. Lambert (Minn.), 50 N.W. 2d 614, is quoted as follows:

“ ‘Though well established, the loaned-servant principle has proved troublesome in its application to individual fact situations. The criteria for determining when a worker becomes a loaned servant are not precise; as a…