Jenkins v. Fritzler Development Corp.

WARREN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment rendered in favor of one of the defendants, Fritzler Development Corporation.

On June 28, 1975, Harold Brown Jenkins, while performing his duties as an employee of Davis Brothers, a roofing subcontractor, fell from a steel bar joist incorporated in the shell of a partially constructed building owned by the defendant Fritzler Development Corporation (appellee). As a result of the fall, Mr. Jenkins suffered extensive injuries rendering him non compos mentis. This suit was brought by Mrs. Jenkins, individually, and as guardian of her…