Legal Opinion
Wilson & Toomer Fertilizer Co. v. Lee
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided December 4, 1924PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTerrell, J.
About five o’clock June 6, 1921, W. F. Lee, aged thirty-four, while in the employ of Wilson & Toomer Fertilizer Company erecting a warehouse, was struck by an A Frame Derrick, fell from an elevated scaffold striking head first on the floor twenty-two feet below, and as a result of the fall was instantly killed.
The derrick was rigged on the scaffold from which Lee fell, and was twenty-two feet and six inches tall, seven foot base made of 2x6’s with 2x8 base.
Nora Lee, the widow of the deceased F. F. Lee, brought an action claiming damages in the sum of $100,000.00. The second count of the…
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