Hofstetter v. Union Electric Co.

CRANDALL, Judge.

Plaintiff, Leonard D. Hofstetter, was employed by Daniel International Corporation (Daniel) as an operating engineer. Daniel was the independent general contractor of defendant, Union Electric Company, and was engaged in the construction of Union Electric’s Callaway nuclear power plant. Plaintiff was injured when he fell while attempting to step down from a “ringer” crane which was being erected for use on the job. Plaintiff brought this action against Union Electric for bodily injury under an inherently dangerous activity theory. The case was tried to a jury. The jury…