Doolittle v. L. E. Wallman Co.

Plaintiff was struck and injured by a falling wall while he was assisting defendants Morford and Prentice dba Jim Morford Construction (Morford), the framing subcontractors for a house construction project, in their efforts to raise and place the wall. He brought this action against Morford and The L.E. Wallman Co. (Wallman), the general contractor, alleging that Morford was negligent in connection with the raising of the wall, that Wallman is vicariously liable as Morford’s employer for the subcontractor’s negligence and that Wallman was itself negligent in a variety of respects, including…