Miller v. General Telephone Co.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE RECHENMACHER

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendant, Columbian Rope Company, in a suit for personal injury.

The plaintiff, a construction worker, was sitting in a “bosun” chair some 35 feet above the ground when the rope supporting the chair broke, whereby the plaintiff fell to the ground and was severely injured. Suit was brought against the owner of the building, the general contractor, the plaintiff’s employer, the retailer of the rope, the wholesaler of the rope, and the manufacturer of the rope, under various…