RIGGLE v. ALLIED CHEMICAL CORP.

No. 18135.

378 S.E.2d 282 (1989)

Dale Winters RIGGLE, et al. v. ALLIED CHEMICAL CORP., et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

February 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terence M. Gurley, Patrick S. Casey, Shrader, Stamp, Byrd, Byrum & Companion, Wheeling, for Griffith Brothers.

Paul T. Tucker, John E. Artimez, Jr., Wheeling, for Allied Chemical.

James G. Bordas, Linda M. Bordas, Bordas & Bordas, Wheeling, for Dale Winters Riggle.


NEELY, Justice:

Appellant, Griffith Brother's Contractors, Inc., was an independent contractor (now defunct), hired by appellee Allied Chemical Corporation, to repair the lining of a chemical waste pond at Allied's plant in Marshall County. Appellee Dale Riggle was an employee of Griffith Brothers. On 1 April 1981, Mr. Riggle was draining the chemical waste in the pond with a pump supplied by Allied. While trying to fix...

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