General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp. v. Smith & Oby Co.

WEICK, District Judge.

The controversy here grows out of an accident which occurred during construction work at Westgate Shopping Center, near Rocky River in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

The defendant, The H. K. Ferguson Company, an Ohio corporation herein referred to as Ferguson, was the general contractor of the construction work.

The plaintiif, Smith & Oby Company, an Ohio corporation, was the plumbing subcontractor of Ferguson.

One James J. McNulty, an employee of Smith & Oby, sustained serious personal injuries during the construction work, and brought an action to recover damages therefor against…