Opinion ID: 1201862
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: whose work was essentially being done

Text: When the facts are viewed in the light most favorable to Lundstrom, they do not entitle Maguire Tank to a judgment as a matter of law that Lundstrom was essentially doing the work of Maguire Tank at the time he was injured. See Newland, 295 N.W.2d at 618. Viewed in that light, Lundstrom either was not working or had completed all his work for Maguire Tank at the time of the injury. Both Smith and Tollefson believed that once the papers were signed, the job was completed. Beyond this formality, all the lifting had been finished the day before the injury, and all the preparation of the crane for transport had been completed that morning before the injury. All that was left for Lundstrom, or any other Truck Crane employee, to do was get into the truck and drive away. To the extent that driving away is work, and provided that we ignore the fact that Lundstrom had not actually begun driving at the time he was injured, returning the crane to Truck Crane so that it could be rented to other customers could well be considered Truck Crane's work and not Maguire Tank's. Accordingly, it was error to find as a matter of law that Lundstrom was doing Maguire Tank's work.