W. J. Kiely & Co. v. Dickey

PEARSON, Judge.

John B. Dickey was injured by a sign which fell from the side of a building and struck him while he was standing on a sidewalk. W. J. Kiely & Co. was named a defendant because it was the general contractor performing certain repairs and alterations to the building; Fine Foods Operating Co. was named as a defendant because it was the tenant of the building; George Robb was also named as a defendant because he was the painting subcontractor. At the conclusion of a jury trial, the judge directed verdicts in favor of Fine Foods and Robb. Ruling upon W. J. Kiely & Co.’s motion for…