Ortiz v. Ra-El Development Corp.

*51BECK, Judge:

Appellant Angelo Ortiz was a laborer in the employ of A-V Brick Corporation (“A-V”). He was injured on the job when a fourteen-foot high scaffold on which he was working collapsed. He was on the scaffold erecting masonry walls for a warehouse owned by appellee Ra-El Development Corporation (“Ra-El”). Ra-El contracted for the work with Arnko Builders, Inc. (“Arnko”) as the general contractor. Arnko in return subcontracted with Ortiz’s employer A-V.

Ortiz brought suit against Ra-El and Arnko, claiming that A-V was negligent in failing to assemble the scaffolding in accordance with…