Legal Opinion
GINGELL, T/A ROCKVILLE CRANE RENTAL COMPANY v. Backus
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 21, 1967No. [No. 168, September Term, 1966.]PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFinan, J.
On December 20, 1962, the plaintiff-appellee, James K. Backus, a 61-year old laborer, with a fourth-grade education, sustained severe injuries to his foot and ankle, while employed by Mr. William Seltzer on construction work in Montgomery County, Maryland. The injury occurred when a bucket of cement, which was being hoisted from the ground to one of the upper floors of the building under construction, fell from a crane hook onto some steel beams lying on the ground, the steel beams in turn striking the right ankle and foot of the plaintiff. At the time of the accident, the crane was being…
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