{"id":6439,"date":"2017-02-24T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T10:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=6439"},"modified":"2017-02-23T15:34:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T15:34:53","slug":"seriously-injured-worker-denied-relief-respondeat-superior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/seriously-injured-worker-denied-relief-respondeat-superior\/","title":{"rendered":"Seriously Injured Worker Denied Relief Under Respondeat Superior"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"line-height: 18.0pt; margin: 11.25pt 0in 6.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; color: #333333;\">Dean Wilcox fell 50 feet through an open catwalk hatch onto a concrete floor. Having sustained severe injuries, he sued the on-site safety planner, Steven Basehore, for negligent planning causing the fall; Wilcox also named the safety planner&#8217;s employer, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/research\/stocks\/private\/snapshot.asp?privcapid=30826670\">Bartlett Services Inc.<\/a>, and an intermediary company, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elrconsulting.com\">ELR Consulting Inc. (ELR)<\/a>, in respondeat superior. ELR was one of the many contractors involved in the cleanup project.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 18.0pt; margin: 11.25pt 0in 6.0pt 0in;\">The work being done at the\u00a0 site was to dismantle a nuclear weaponry facility that measured more than 586 square miles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 18.0pt; margin: 11.25pt 0in 6.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; color: #333333;\">Before trial, the court granted ELR judgment as a matter of law. At trial, the court instructed the jury on the borrowed servant doctrine, an extension of respondeat superior. Wilcox appealed both decisions. The Washington State Court of Appeals affirmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 18.0pt; margin: 11.25pt 0in 6.0pt 0in;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/seriously-injured-worker-denied-relief-respondeat-superior\/#more-6439\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dean Wilcox fell 50 feet through an open catwalk hatch onto a concrete floor. Having sustained severe injuries, he sued the on-site safety planner, Steven Basehore, for negligent planning causing the fall; Wilcox also named the safety planner&#8217;s employer, Bartlett Services Inc., and an intermediary company, ELR Consulting Inc. (ELR), in respondeat superior. 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