Enloe v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company

FINCH, Presiding Judge.

Defendant (Pittsburgh) appeals from a verdict and judgment against it for $35,-000, which gives us jurisdiction.

Pittsburgh contracted with Fuller Construction Company to wreck certain buildings and do various construction jobs on its premises. Approximately three weeks before plaintiff was injured, Pittsburgh loaned to Fuller its Yale Forklift Truck No. 13 for use in connection with this work. Pittsburgh retained the obligation to repair and maintain the truck.

This forklift was used by Fuller in taking pallets of firebrick from boxcars and stacking them in a warehouse…