Contractor's Employee Can't Maintain Civil Suit for Electric Shock Injuries

The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s civil suit against the company that had hired his employer to perform electrical repairs. Case: Rose v. Nissan North America Inc., No. 24-60447, 04/25/2025, unpublished. Facts: In March 2022, an electrical fault caused equipment damage and a partial power outage at a car manufacturing plant owned by Nissan North America Inc. Nissan hired Automated Power Inc. to repair the damaged equipment. Ryan Rose worked for Automated Power and was among the workers sent to the Nissan facility. The plant’s...