Fahey v. Osol

This is an action of tort brought by an insurer in the name of the plaintiff under G. L. c. 152, § 15, the insurer having paid workmen’s compensation to the plaintiff for injuries sustained by him in the course of his employment as a painter. His injuries resulted from the collapse upon him of a staging caused by the breaking of a rope supplied by the defendant to the plaintiff’s employer. The jury found for the plaintiff and the case is here upon the exceptions of the defendant.

The defendant conducted a one man concern renting ropes, hooks and other equipment to painters. He had no special…