Parizon v. Granite City Steel Co.

The defendants, Granite City Steel Company, a corporation, and Bowman Steel Corporation, a corporation, each appeal from a judgment in the sum of $105,000, entered upon the verdict of a jury. The several post-trial motions of the defendants were denied. The “Scaffold Act” is in issue.

The structure on which plaintiff was working was an addition to an existing building owned by Granite City, designated in the pleading and evidence as the “8 Bay Bar Extension Building,” constructed by extending the building apparently in its long dimension. The building was generally fabricated by the use of…