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FLETCHER v. MARTIN ELECTRONICS, INC.

No. 86-3456.

825 F.2d 301 (1987)

Patsy Dean FLETCHER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARTIN ELECTRONICS, INC., KDI Corporation and National Union Fire Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rainey C. Booth, Booth & Walborsky, P.A., Tallahassee, Fla., Thorwald J. Husfeld, DeLand, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

William L. Lee, Jr., Shell, Fleming, Davis & Menge, P.A., Pensacola, Fla., Richard A. Sherman, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, HATCHETT, Circuit Judge, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.

RONEY, Chief Judge:

In this diversity action for third-party negligence, Patsy Fletcher appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to KDI Corporation on the finding that KDI was not vicariously liable to Fletcher because it owed Fletcher no independent common law duty to provide Fletcher with a safe workplace. We affirm.

Fletcher was an employee injured in an explosion of chemicals at a Martin Electronics plant. Martin is a wholly owned subsidiary...

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