Court Revives Temporary Worker's Personal Injury Suit Against Employer's Client

A Texas appellate court ruled that a personal injury suit by a temporary staffing service company’s employee against his employer’s customer should not have been dismissed by way of summary judgment, since there was a triable dispute over the level of control the customer had over the worker. Case: Stevenson v. Waste Management of Texas, No. 14-17-00433-CV, 02/21/2019, published. Facts: Robert Stevenson worked for Taylor Smith Consulting, a temporary labor supplier. Taylor Smith assigned Stevenson to work for Waste Management of Texas. While Stevenson was at work in May 2014, a ...