Manson v. Foutch-Miller

Worswick, A.C.J.

Douglas Manson was a laborer for a contractor putting up an addition to a Navy building. While clearing scrap wood, he fell through a hole in the roof cut by an employee of Foutch-Miller, a subcontractor. He appeals a defense verdict in his negligence action against Foutch-Miller, contending that the trial court should have held Foutch-Miller liable as a matter of law for violating safety regulations. We affirm.

David Villwock, the employee who cut the hole, was Foutch-Miller's foreman. Before cutting, Villwock marked the outlines of several holes to be made in the metal roof…