Hidvegi ex rel. Ferro v. Patriot Specialized Construction, Inc.

We affirm the summary judgment entered in favor of an employer in this suit filed by its injured employee. Appellant, the employee, fell from the roof of a grocery store, resulting in serious injuries. While appellant alleged that the employer created a situation where injury or death was substantially certain to occur by failing to install scaffolding or handrails to prevent workers from falling off the roof, the foreman of the job testified that it was appellant’s assigned responsibility to construct these handrails, and he had not done so on the morning he fell. This case is similar to…