Boyer v. Louisville Ladder Co., Inc.

Plaintiff Steven Boyer was injured when a nylon and a hemp rope holding the scaffolding on which he worked snapped.

Plaintiffs started suit against Steven Boyer’s employer, appellant Roy Ness Contracting and Sales, Inc. The complaint alleged that Ness told its employees that safety cable would be provided for the safety of its employees but Ness "wilfully and intentionally” failed to supply Steven Boyer with the cable. "[I]nstead [Ness] furnished a rope or ropes to be utilized as an inadequate and unsafe substitute,” when a "reasonable employer having the information known to . . . Ness” would…