Harness v. Pacific Curtainwall Co.

— Plaintiff, William M. Harness, employed by Myers Bros. Construction Company, Inc. (Myers Bros.) as a carpenter’s helper on a construction project, was injured when a weight at the end of a strung alignment wire fell on his arm and knocked him to the ground. At the time of the accident he was walking under the wire carrying lumber to another part of the project. The wire was under the control of respondent, Pacific Curtainwall Company, (respondent), which, as a subcontractor on the project, was installing gird angles on the side of the building. Gird angles are steel that will eventually…