Intimately Connected Doctrine

Under the intimately connected doctrine, liability is not generally imposed on an owner who contracts with another to perform work, and the contractor or their employee suffers injuries that “arose out of or were intimately connected with the work.”  Magee v. Transcon. Gas Pipe Line Corp., 551 So. 2d 182, 185 (Miss. 1989) (citing Hathorn v. Hailey, 487 So. 2d 1342, 1344-45 (Miss. 1986)); see also Coho Res., Inc. v. Chapman, 913 So. 2d 899, 905-06 (Miss. 2005).  The lone exception applies to arrangements where “the project owner maintains any right of control over the performance of that aspect of the work that has given rise to the injury.”  Id. at 186 (citing Fruchter v. Lynch Oil Co., 522 So. 2d 195, 199-200 (Miss. 1988)); see also Chapman, 913 So. 2d at 906.