Hobbs v. Brush Electric Light Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne. (Reilly, J.) Case for injuries alleged to have been received through the-negligence of the defendant. Plaintiff brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChamplin, J.
The plaintiff was employed by the defendant to trim its lamps, and, while so employed, fell from a pole to the ground, a distance of 25 feet, and was severely injured.
He alleges that the accident was caused by the negligence of the company in not providing a proper guard to sustain him while in the act of cleaning the lamp. This guard was a loop of wire, which was suspended from the top of the lamp frame, and passed around under his arms, and in performing his work this wire was required to sustain nearly the weight of his body. The defect claimed was that this wire was too light, and lacked…
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