Morehouse v. Wanzo

Plaintiff, in an action to recover damages for personal injuries, has appealed from that portion of a judgment which denied him relief against a defaulting defendant. It appears, on the record, that the court erred in ruling that the complaint failed to state a cause of action because of the prohibitions of the Labor Code.1 The judgment must be reversed.

Plaintiff, a laborer employed by a subcontractor engaging in pouring and finishing concrete on a construction job, sought, by his first amended complaint to recover damages from the general contractor and the latter’s employee Wanzo. The…