Piper v. Lockwood Water Users Ass'n

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered against plaintiff Gerald E. Piper in a personal injury action by the District Court, Yellowstone County.

Plaintiff at the time of his injury was employed by Harold L. Mooney, painting contractor, and was and had been for years covered in his employment under Plan III of the Workers’ Compensation Act. On April 30, 1971 plaintiff was working inside a huge water tank, owned by defendant Lockwood Water Users Association, on a scaffold leased by Lockwood, under written agreement, from Montana Powder & Equipment Co. Lockwood transported and erected…