Quiles v. Johnson, No. 17-3055 (8th Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment for defendant in an action alleging that plaintiff's injuries were caused by defendant's negligence in driving a tractor trailer truck. The court held that the workers' compensation benefits plaintiff received were his exclusive remedy against defendant. In this case, defendant and plaintiff entered into an employment relationship in which Swift and Johnson were joint employers mutually liable under Iowa law to provide plaintiff workers' compensation benefits when he suffered a work-related injury, an obligation Swift has fully performed.
Court Description: Loken, Author, with Erickson and Grasz, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Torts. The district court did not err in determining that plaintiff was a dual employee of defendant, his mentor driver and trainer, and the trucking company for which they both worked; as such, workers' compensation benefits were plaintiff's exclusive remedy for the injury suffered when defendant wrecked the truck in which they were riding.
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