Ellis v. City of Phoenix

M. Y. Ellis, hereinafter called petitioner, was for some two and one-half years in tlie employ of the city of Phoenix, hereinafter called the employer, at its sewage disposal plant. About 11:30 in the morning of July 26, 1935, while he and a coemployee were installing a certain timber, the scaffolding upon which he was standing gave way. He grasped a chain hanging near, and, as a result, only fell some four or five feet, alighting in a standing position upon a beam which had supported the scaffolding. He did not immediately experience any discomfort from the accident, and considered it as not…