Brumhall v. Sutherland

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE PINCH Delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal by the defendants from a judgment for damages in favor of the plaintiff for personal injuries sustained by him in the fall of a hoist or elevator which was being used in the construction of a building.

At the time of the accident the plaintiff was engaged in unloading from the hoist platform, which was then stationary at the ninth floor of the building, steel pans, or forms, into which to pour concrete. While the plaintiff was so engaged the elevator platform fell with him to the ground, thereby causing the…