McGraw v. Sanders Co. Plumbing & Heating, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Herd, J.:

This is a personal injury action. McGraw appeals from a jury verdict awarding him $28,000 for his personal injury claim.

Larry McGraw was employed as a construction worker by Robert E. McKee, Inc., the general contractor of a construction project in Kansas City, Kansas. McKee subcontracted part of the work to appellee Sanders Company Plumbing & Heating, Inc. The other appellee, Herman Birks, was employed by Sanders as a backhoe operator.

The original contract between McKee and Sanders called for Sanders to install a “mud interceptor box,” a…