Lynch v. L. B. Sprague, Inc.

The plaintiff’s claim of negligence is based primarily upon the alleged failure of the defendant to equip the ladder and bunk with a hook and eye by means of which the one could be secured to the other. The ladder consisted of four steps, each four inches wide, so constructed 'that the top step rested against the side panel of the upper bunk, which was approximately five and one-half feet high. It was the defendant’s practice to attach a screw eye under either end of the side panel of the bunk and a hook to the upper step of the ladder, to “steady the ladder and prevent it from going . . .…