Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. v. McReynolds

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• holding that the trial court did not err in ordering remittitur of a verdict wherein the awarded damages were fifty times greater than the economic damages
• noting that issue of whether an independent contractor’s activities constitute a part of an owner’s trade, business, or occupation is a mixed question of law and fact that must be resolved in light of the facts and circumstances of each case
• noting that the issue of whether an independent contractor’s activities constitute a part of an owner’s trade, business, or occupation is a mixed question of law and fact that must be resolved in light of the facts and circumstances of each case
• finding the injured worker was not a statutory co-employee because the general contractor “had no control over [the subcontractor’s] employees and never required any ‘specific changes’”
• finding remittitur proper when scope of review was limited to factors in evidence
• “... where a manufacturer regularly does its own construction work with its own employees” it may be held a statutory employer

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).