Dunn v. Brimer

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This appeal is from a $25,-000 judgment for the appellee in an action for personal injuries. The principal issue, presented by the direct appeal, is whether the trial judge was right in submitting to the jury, in the format of AMI Civil 2d, 601 (1974), the appellant’s asserted violation of a federal safety regulation.

Brimer, the plaintiff, was employed by the general contractor as a carpenter at a building construction job in Bald Knob. Dunn, the defendant, was the roofing subcontractor. On the day of his injury Brimer was working several feet above the ground upon…