Legal Opinion
Daniels v. Bucyrus-Erie Corp.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 29, 1999No. A99A0407PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Harold R. Banke.
In 1992 Carroll Daniels was severely injured when a crane manufactured by Bucyrus-Erie Corporation tipped over onto him. Before lifting two 12-ton ice machines off the top of a building owned by Daniels’ employer, the crane owner-operator had “cribbed” (placed additional supports under) only two of the four horizontal outrigger arms. The first lift occurred without incident. During the lift of the second machine, an unsupported outrigger arm sunk eight inches in the ground, causing the crane to tip, which resulted in the arm telescoping back into its housing. Daniels was…
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