Burmek v. Miller Brewing Co.

In January; 1955, plaintiff was an employee of the Lemberg Electric Company, a subcontractor of the Derse Advertising Company, which was in charge of defendant’s outside advertising for the celebration of its 100th anniversary. The work of the Lemberg Electric Company was to bring electric power from the brewery premises to street poles on which illuminated decorations were to be mounted.

Norman Haag, electrical engineer for the defendant company, sketched a design for the electrical work to be done, laying out the sources of power and the specifications for the installation. Three sources of…