Kristiansen v. Wagner's Steel Erectors, Inc.

Action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff, a structural iron worker, when the steel work upon which he was engaged collapsed. Judgment entered upon the verdict of a jury in favor of plaintiff reversed on the law, with costs, and the complaint dismissed on the law, with costs. The appellant has been east in damages on the theory that its servant, the operator of a crane owned by it, was guilty of negligence to the injury of the plaintiff. On the proof, the judgment may not be sustained. This is not a case where a general employee of one employer is lent to another;…