Allman v. Siegfried Construction Co.

Plaintiff, employee of subcontractor Darling, recovered a judgment against the general contractor Siegfried, and subcontractor Niagara, for personal injuries sustained when he was struck by a mass of frozen earth which fell into an excavated area where he was removing sheet piling at a construction site. The jury assigned 70% of the responsibility for damages to Siegfried and 30% to Niagara, which was responsible for excavation and backfilling on the job.

Questions of fact were presented as to the negligence of these defendants and the jury’s determination of them in plaintiffs favor is…