COPP v. REDMOND

No. 93-8.

858 P.2d 1125 (1993)

C.O. BUD COPP; John Hewitt; Jim Rogers; and John Rogers, Appellants (Defendants), v. Bryan Thomas REDMOND and Robbin Lee Redmond, Appellees (Plaintiffs).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

September 3, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cameron Walker, Patrick T. Holscher and William S. Bon of Schwartz, Bon, McCrary & Walker, Casper, for appellants.

Gary L. Shockey, Heather Noble and Robert R. Rose of Spence, Moriarity & Schuster, Jackson, for appellees.

The Petroleum Ass'n of Wyoming, The Wyoming Mining Ass'n, The Wyoming Trucking Ass'n, the National Federation of Independent Businesses, The Wyoming Lodging and Restaurant Ass'n, The Wyoming Auto Dealers Ass'n, The Wyoming Ass'n of Commerce and Industry, Coastal Chem, Inc., Sinclair Oil Corp., Little America Refining Co., The FMC Wyoming Corp., and Rissler & McMurry Corp.: Patrick R. Day, P.C., of Holland & Hart, Cheyenne, amici curiae.

Richard E. Day and Patrick J. Murphy of Williams, Porter, Day & Neville, P.C., Casper, amicus curiae of Pacificorp.

Before MACY, C.J., and THOMAS, CARDINE, GOLDEN and TAYLOR, JJ.


GOLDEN, Justice.

Answering a certified question of law, we hold that for claims accruing between July 1, 1987, and February 18, 1993, culpable negligence is the degree of negligence that an injured employee must prove against a co-employee in an action to recover damages for personal injury suffered in a work-related accident.

BACKGROUND

Brian Redmond, an employee of Jim's Water Service, was seriously injured on May 3, 1988, when he was struck, knocked...

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