Reiter v. Max Marx Color & Chemical Co.

In this negligence action the trial court granted defendant’s motion for judgment at the close of plaintiff’s case. The Appellate Division reversed unanimously. 67 N. J. Super. 410 (App. Div. 1960). We granted certification. 33 N. J. 599 (1960).

Max Cohen Plumbing Co., plaintiff’s employer, was engaged by defendant, Max Marx Color & Chemical Co., to replace a water pipe which ran from defendant’s factory building to the base of an adjacent water tower. The tower was a wooden affair SO feet in depth, erected on an iron structure which was 60 feet above the ground. The feed pipe to be replaced…