Peter Donovan v. Harrah's Maryland Heights Corporation, a Nevada Corporation
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- McMillian, Arnold, Smith
- Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
- Published
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- summary judgment
- Circuit
- Eighth Circuit
Related Laws
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Outcome
Defendant Harrah's Maryland Heights Corporation prevailed on summary judgment. The court held that Harrah's was Donovan's statutory employer through a joint venture relationship with his actual employer, entitling Harrah's to workers' compensation immunity and precluding Donovan's common law negligence claim.
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