Clifford v. Wharton Business Group, L.L.C.

Plaintiffs, Jeremiah Clifford (Clifford) and his wife Geraldine Clifford, brought this negligence action against defendant, the Wharton Business Group, L.L.C. (Wharton), seeking damages for work-related injuries sustained by Clifford and his wife’s loss of consortium. Clifford was working as a carpenter on a construction site owned by Wharton, a general contractor. He was employed by O’Toole Construction (O’Toole), one of Wharton’s subcontractors on the project. Clifford claimed that he was injured when a newly built wall collapsed on top of him and, as a result, he fell or was thrown into a…