Hall v. Burton

This is an action by an injured employee to recover from his employers, who failed to secure the payment of workmen’s compensation, damages for personal injuries arising out of and in the course of his employment. Prom a judgment in favor of defendants, after a nonjury trial, plaintiff appeals.

The plaintiff, a roofer, was employed by the defendants in their roofing business. On April 3, 1957, the plaintiff and two other employees were working for defendants on a job in Gilroy, resurfacing a roof with asphalt and gravel. These materials were lifted to the roof by a rope; the asphalt by hand,…