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CORNELIUS v. POWDER RIVER ENERGY CORP.

No. 06-186.

152 P.3d 387 (2007)

2007 WY 30

James E. CORNELIUS, Appellant (Plaintiff), v. POWDER RIVER ENERGY CORPORATION, INC., a Wyoming corporation, acting through their agents, officers, employees and representatives, Appellee (Defendant).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

February 21, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: C. John Cotton of Cotton Law Offices, Gillette, Wyoming; and Kenneth E. Barker of Barker Reynolds Law Firm, LLC, Belle Fourche, South Dakota. Argument by Messrs. Cotton and Barker.

Representing Appellee: Bruce A. Salzburg of Freudenthal, Salzburg & Bonds, P.C., Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Before VOIGT, C.J., and GOLDEN, HILL, KITE, and BURKE, JJ.

VOIGT, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Cornelius sued his employer (Baldwin) and the company for which Baldwin did contract work (PRECorp) for injuries Cornelius suffered when he contacted a live electrical line. The district court granted summary judgment to PRECorp on two grounds: first, as the employer of an independent contractor, PRECorp was not vicariously liable for injuries to that contractor's employee; and second, PRECorp was not independently negligent. We affirm...

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