Cain v. Stevenson

Harry Cain (respondent) filed this action on September 9, 1983, in the District Court of the Sixteenth Judicial District, seeking damages for injuries he received while working as an electrical subcontractor for Cleatus Stevenson (appellant). The jury awarded respondent $107,999.77. This appeal followed.

Respondent was the electrical subcontractor on a six-plex apartment building under construction in Ashland, Montana. Appellant was the owner of the building and the general contractor. Respondent was hired to complete the “rough-in” electrical work. He furnished his own tools and worked under…