Cressman v. Wright

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment of no cause of action which was entered pursuant to a special jury verdict.

The plaintiff was severely injured when he fell from the defendant’s porch roof. At the time of the accident, plaintiff was working with his brother, Gary Cressman, who had been hired by the defendant to repair his roof.

There is no dispute as to how the accident occurred. Plaintiff and his brother built a scaffold along the house. In order to get onto the scaffold, they placed defendant’s wash bench on the roof of the porch which was at a lower level than the house roof. When plaintiff…