E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Kelly
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond; Edmund Waddill, Jr., Judge. Action by Eugene P. Kelly against E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, a carpenter, while employed by the defendant, fell from a scaffold and was seriously injured. In a declaration containing 5 counts, 'and covering 8 closely printed pages, the fall is alleged to have been due to the breaking of the scaffold, because (1) the supports of the board from which plaintiff fell were too weak, and (2) the brackets which supported the boards were so defectively constructed that the board on which plaintiff was walking crept away from its support and fell; and on this negligence is charged to the defendant (1) in not providing its…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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