Anderson v. Fred Johnson Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Olay county to recover $2,000 for personal injuries. Tbe answer to tbe amended complaint was a general denial. The case was tried before Johnson, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,200. Erom an order denying defendant’s alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, it appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
This is an appeal from an order denying defendant’s alternative motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.
Plaintiff had a verdict for $1,200 for personal injuries sustained under the following circumstances: The defendant had the contract for painting and finishing a building. Plaintiff, a man twenty-two years of age, an experienced painter, was in defendant’s employ. Plaintiff and another employee, in order to paint a porch ceiling, erected a scaffold by resting a plank on two stepladders placed twelve *57or fifteen feet apart. The defendant had for nse in the work…
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