Smith v. Rodgers

Conley Byrd, Justice.

John A. R. Rodgers was killed May 3, 1968, at the Reynolds & Williams Hog Thief cutoff bridge construction site on Highway No. 305 when the boom cable on a ten ton Bucyrus Erie crane broke while lifting 2,400 pounds of concrete. His widow, appéllee Mrs. Mary Rodgers as administratrix, brought this action for damages against appellant John Smith as owner of the crane and as Reynolds & Williams’ superintendent of structure work. The matter was submitted to the jury upon an instruction that if they found that Smith owned the crane and had general supervision over it, he then…