Adair v. Metropolitan Building Co

Plaintiff was employed by defendant * 1 as a building superintendent of the Metropolitan Building, an office building in the City of Flint. Plaintiff, his wife, and son lived in the building in a five-room apartment which defendant provided.

Plaintiff was required to be on call, more or less, 24 hours per day for security purposes. His duties were to supervise and direct the independent maintenance firm which was employed by defendant to clean the building. Plaintiff was also required to see that the doors of the building were locked at night and unlocked in the morning. He was required to…