Schwartz v. North Jersey Building Contractors Corp.

The opinion of the court was delivered

The plaintiff sued to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while working on a building which was under construction. All of the original defendants except Stephen Zulka, the carpentry subcontractor, and North Jersey Building Contractors Corp. (North Jersey), the general contractor, were voluntarily dismissed prior to the trial. The evidence at the trial showed that while performing his work as a roofer, the plaintiff tripped over an exposed nail on the roof, fell to the ground and was seriously injured. He sought to prove that Zulka negligently…