Combustion Engineering Co. v. Hunsberger

An employee of a subcontractor on construction work in a building, after having been awarded compensation for an injury' under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, has sued over and recovered a judgment against another subcontractor on the ground of negligence of the defendant causing the injury. Code, art. 1.01, sec. 58. The defendant on appeal questions the refusal of the trial court to direct a verdict in its favor, and the granting of instructions to the jury on prayers of the plaintiff which are thought to have excluded a defense from consideration.

The work was reconstruction of a boiler room…