Howard v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

HOOD, Judge.

This is a suit for damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when he fell from a ladder which he was using in painting a barn owned by Dr. R. Pearce Foster. The suit was instituted against Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, the insurer of Dr. Foster. Judgment was rendered by the trial court in favor of defendant, and plaintiff has appealed.

Plaintiff is a 68 year old Negro man who for the last three years has been working as a “handy-man,” doing odd jobs for various employers. Prior to that time he worked for 29 years as a “general handy-man” for the Alexandria…