Anderson v. Steurer

FINCH, Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered by the trial court in favor of defendant. We have jurisdiction because the prayer of the petition sought $120,-000.00.

The plaintiff, Emil Anderson, a lather employed by the George Stroup Lathing Company, was injured when a scaffold collapsed. The scaffold and its boards were furnished by the defendant, John Steurer, Jr., a plastering contractor. In his fourth amended petition plaintiff sought damages for his personal injuries, alleging that defendant was guilty of several specific acts of negligence, particularly in connection…