Smith v. Maryland Casualty Company

The claimant filed a claim for compensation against the defendants for a broken leg he suffered when a scaffold upon which he was working broke and he fell to the ground. The claimant was one of three employees hired by Copeland to do carpentry work. Long was a house builder. He contracted with Wilson for the framing and cornice work on the houses. Wilson in turn contracted with Copeland for the cornice work. The claimant claims that he was an employee of Copeland who was an employee of Wilson who was an employee of Long. The question is whether Wilson and Long so directed the time, manner…