Plant owner, not responsible for contractor employee injury.

In September 1994 Weld Tire & Wheel Inc. hired Ron Auen, an independent contractor, to prepare and paint exterior and interior portions of Weld's Missouri facility. Donald Bowle was an employee of Auen. Bowle and Auen began preparing a three-story enclos stairwell for painting, using a gasoline-powered power washer to carry old, loose paint and dirt from the stairwell walls. After half an hour, Bowle complained of a headache and ringing in his ears. Auen told Bowle to go on home. As Bowles was walking down the stairs, he not to be found consciousness. Auen passed without shortly ...