Philips v. Sun-Best Fruit Distributors

Plaintiff-respondent brought this action for personal injuries resulting from a fall into a conveyor gutter or trench in a building under construction. At the time and place defendant-appellant Rookie Gamber (referred to in the pleadings and testimony as Rocky or Rock and hereinafter referred to as Gamber) individually and doing business as Gamber Construction Company, was supervising the construction of a fruit-processing shed for the defendant-appellant Sun-Best Fruit Distributors, a copartnership (hereinafter referred to as Sun-Best). It is alleged plaintiff’s injuries were the proximate…