Hughes v. Schmidt

This is an action for damages for personal injuries brought by Rollin H. Hughes against Herman Schmidt. From an adverse judgment for $19,500 defendant has appealed. The only point here urged by appellant is that the verdict was excessive. As to other phases of the case, it will be sufficient merely to outline the facts.

At the time he was injured respondent was employed by appellant as a carpenter in the construction of a lumber shed. While working on a scaffold, with the construction of which he had nothing to do, the staging or board upon which the men walked and worked moved from its…