Court of Appeals of Georgia December 13, 1995, A95A0997, A95A1001 (Torrington Co. v. Hill)

Ruffin, Judge.

Billy Hill died when the walls of a trench in which he was working collapsed. At the time of the accident, Hill was an independent contractor working with Harold Zeigler d/b/a H & D Backhoe Service (“H & D”). H & D was hired by the Torrington Company (“Torrington”) to dig a trench and install pipe on Torrington’s property. In Case No.