Bauer v. PLUMBERS'SUP. CORP. OF EVANSVILLE

This action was commenced by the appellant in the Gibson Circuit Court of Gibson County, Indiana, to recover damages for injuries sustained as a result of a fall while painting a building owned by appellee. At the close of appellant’s evidence, the trial court sustained appellee’s motion for a directed verdict.

The gravamen of the action was that appellee, a corporation authorized to do business in the state of Indiana, requested Deig Brothers Construction Company to paint a building occupied by appellee; that appellant was a painter employed by Deig Brothers Construction Company to paint said…