Martin v. Food MacHinery Corp.

This is an action by two workmen for damages for personal injuries suffered by them as a result of a fall from a scaffold located on the premises of defendant corporation.

Defendant was constructing a building in Riverside. Through its own employees, it constructed the frame for the walls of the building and affixed “celotex” to the frame after its construction. About two weeks prior to the date of the accident, the defendant corporation, through certain of its employees, constructed a scaffold adjacent to the building, and its employees used it in connection with the construction work they…