Bowman v. Fretts & Leeper Construction Co.

Opinion by

Ceecone, J.,

TMs is an appeal from the lower court’s denial of defendant’s motions for new trial and judgment n.o.v. in a trespass case in which, plaintiff won a jury verdict against defendant for injuries received in a fall on September 17, 1968.

Plaintiff was a fireman and employee of the Con-nellsville Fire Company of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, for twenty-three years prior to the occurrence from which the suit in trespass arose. He was a driver-firefighter.

Some time prior to September 9, 1968, the fire company ordered a new and larger fire engine for the company’s use. This…