Legal Opinion

Bittner v. Howie Roofing Co.

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided September 30, 1913No. Docket No. 23Published

Error to Wayne; Hally, J. Case by Gustave Bittner against the Howie Roofing Company for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.

Plaintiff was injured on February 9, 1911, while in defendant’s employ, upon a scaffold. The writ of error is brought in this case to review a judgment obtained in his favor.

It is the claim of the plaintiff: First. That suitable and sufficient scaffold building material was not furnished on the job by the master before the accident. Second. That the foreman employed to supervise the erection of the scaffold was an iron worker and was not a judge of different varieties of wood *675and was not competent to supervise the erection of a scaffold.

The plaintiff was not familiar with the English…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Thomas v. Ann Arbor RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Carnell v. HalpinMichigan Supreme Court · 1909

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