Hanrahan v. Safway Steel Scaffold Co.

Frank T. Gallagher, Justice.

Appeal from an order of the district court denying the motion of plaintiffs for a new trial.

Plaintiffs were employed as painters by the M. & M. Painters & Decorators (hereinafter called M. & M.), which had a contract with the A-B-C Corrugated Box Company (hereinafter called the box company) for the painting, among other things, of the steel girders in its warehouse. These girders were located about 24 feet above the cement floor of the warehouse, and in order that plaintiffs could reach these girders M. & M. rented a steel scaffold from defendant. The scaffold…