Legal Opinion
Roy Sickles v. Graybar Electric Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 8, 1955No. 11215_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAJOR, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment, entered April 20, 1954, in favor of plaintiff and against defendant, in the amount of $40,000, for damages resulting from personal injuries sustained by plaintiff on Monday, January 24, 1949, because of the collapse of a scaffold on which plaintiff, an independent contractor, was performing services for and in the plant of defendant.
The important ground urged for reversal is that -the evidence was insufficient to take the case to the jury on the issue of defendant’s negligence, as alleged. This issue was appropriately preserved for…
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- Southern Railway Co. v. GraySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Orey v. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of N.Y.Indiana Supreme Court · 1939
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