Joyce v. Union Garbide & Carbon Corp.

This is an appeal by plaintiff, appellant herein, from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County ¿ntered upon a directed verdict in favor of defendant, appellée herein, at the close of plaintiff’s case. For brevity, the parties will be designated as plaintiff and defendant as they appeared in the trial court.

The action is for damages for personal injuries in the nature of. body burns suffered by the plaintiff, a steam fitter, while on the premises of the defendant, the plaintiff being in the employ of the B. F. Shaw Company, an independent contractor, engaged by defendant to…