Johnson v. Serra

GIBSON, Chief Judge.

Defendants Milgo Industrial, Inc., a steel fabricator, and Milgo Art(s) Systems, Inc., its broker,1 fabricated a massive steel sculpture using plans developed by defendant Weidlinger Engineering from a design of defendant artist Richard Serra. Serra’s “Sculpture No. 3” consisted of two 2lk inch thick, 8 foot square steel plates weighing 5,212 pounds each, standing in slots in a 7-inch diameter, I2V2 foot long cylindrical steel floor bar. Plaintiff’s husband, Raymond Johnson, was a rigger-mover for the third party defendant, Pratt’s Express Company, who contracted to…