CRAWFORD LOGGING, INC. v. ESTATE OF IRVING

No. 2008-IA-01560-SCT.

41 So.3d 687 (2010)

CRAWFORD LOGGING, INC. v. The ESTATE OF Roswell IRVING, Jr., Deceased; Carla Irving Forte, Norma Irving King and Kelvin Edwin Irving, as Wrongful Death Beneficiaries, Surviving Children and Sole Surviving Heirs at Law of Roswell Irving, Jr., Deceased.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 12, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ginny Y. Kennedy, Cecil Maison Heidelberg, Ridgeland, attorneys for appellant.

Brandon Isaac Dorsey, Johnnie E. Walls, Sr., attorneys for appellee.

Before GRAVES, P.J., RANDOLPH and PIERCE, JJ.


GRAVES, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Crawford Logging, Inc., appeals from the trial court's denial of its summary judgment motion in a wrongful-death action involving an independent contractor. For the reasons stated herein, we reverse and render the order of the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County.

FACTS

¶ 2. On September 28, 2004, Roswell Irving, Jr., was struck by a truck owned and operated by Hosie...

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