Thompson v. John Strona & Sons

Opinion

KERRIGAN, Acting P. J.

Plaintiff sustained an injury on May 13, 1964, at Indio, while working as a painter on a freeway overpass construction project when an employee of the defendant, John Strona & Sons, dropped a %" x 20' steel rod, which .struck plaintiff on the back of the neck. Plaintiff was employed by a subcontractor at the time of the injury and filed suit against John Strona & Sons, the general contractor of the project, based on the negligence of defendant’s employee. Defendant initially denied liability, injury, and damages. When the cause came on for trial, defendant…