A Texas appellate court ruled that a worker’s employer was not liable for injuries allegedly caused by an employee’s unauthorized use of its equipment at his home.
Case: Appleton v. Consolidated Crane and Rigging LLC, No. 09-21-00247-CV, 12/22/2022, published.
Facts: Melvin Mixon was a crane operator and long-term employee of Consolidated Crane and Rigging LLC. In June 2019, he approached CCR's owner and president, George Turner, and asked to rent a boom truck to set a flagpole at the church he attended.
Mixon offered to pay for the rental but was donating his time. Turner s...
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