Bowman v. Bowman

COZORT, Judge.

Plaintiff Michael Bowman agreed to help defendant Phillip Bowman, his brother, nail shingles to the side of the defendants’ house under construction. A wooden scaffold constructed by Phillip Bowman and his father approximately thirteen (13) to fourteen (14) feet above the ground collapsed, and Michael Bowman was seriously injured in the resulting fall. The collapse was caused by the breaking of a support timber which had been weakened by dry rot. Plaintiffs filed suit against defendant Phillip Bowman for negligently constructing or causing to be constructed a scaffold inadequate…