Roy v. Friedman Equipment Co.

The plaintiff Roy brought this action to recover damages for injuries sustained when he slipped and fell from a crane which his employer, the plaintiff City Lumber Company of Bridgeport, Inc., was negotiating to purchase from the defendant. The court directed a verdict for the defendant, and from the judgment thereon Roy, hereinafter called the plaintiff, has appealed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, the jury could have found the following facts: The plaintiff had been employed as a maintenance man by the lumber company for about seventeen years, his duties…