Brenner v. Schoeplein

Judgment reversed on the law and a new trial granted, costs to appellant to abide the event. The plaintiff, engaged by the defendants to repair a skylight on the roof of the defendants’ property, was injured as the result of a fall caused by the breaking of a ladder which plaintiff was ascending while going to his place of work. It was stipulated that the ladder was maintained by the defendants as a means of passage to and from the different parts of the roof. There is proof that the ladder was defective. It was the duty of the defendant owners to see that the premises were reasonably safe…