Grant Construction Co. v. McRae

McCullough, judge.

Defendant Dennis Ward was employed as a construction worker at Grant Construction Company (Grant) in Scotland County, North Carolina. Grant hired subcontractors to complete work on various parts of its construction jobs. One such subcontractor was Formco Concrete Forming (Formco), which was responsible for erecting, maintaining, and disassembling scaffolding it used at Grant’s construction site. On 22 March 1993, Ward stepped onto Formco’s scaffolding and was seriously injured when the plywood walkway he stood on collapsed. Prior to Ward’s injury, Formco had removed the…