Denning v. Quist

During the month of May 1929, defendants, as general contractors, were engaged in the erection of an addition to a hospital at Port Townsend. The new portion of the building was in place up to and including the second floor, and in the course of the work, defendants were using a construction hoist, consisting of a cage attached to a cable operated through pulleys and sheaves over a drum, for the purpose of raising building material to be used in the upper portion of the structure. NePage-McKinney Company was participating in the work under a subcontract calling for the installation of the…