Rihmann v. George J. Grant Construction Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Ramsey county to,recover $20,300 for personal injuries. Tbe complaint alleged tbat plaintiff was directed by defendant to go upon a certain scaffold and to work tbereon, that he obeyed the command and, while observing carefully the directions of defendant and within ten minutes after going upon the scaffold, the scaffold and platform upon which plaintiff was standing fell to pieces, by reason whereof plaintiff was precipitated to the ground…
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Action in tbe district court for Ramsey county to,recover $20,300 for personal injuries. Tbe complaint alleged tbat plaintiff was directed by defendant to go upon a certain scaffold and to work tbereon, that he obeyed the command and, while observing carefully the directions of defendant and within ten minutes after going upon the scaffold, the scaffold and platform upon which plaintiff was standing fell to pieces, by reason whereof plaintiff was precipitated to the ground thirty feet below and injured. The answer alleged plaintiff’s negligence resulting in the injuries sustained; and…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
Personal injury action, in which the plaintiff was awarded a verdict for $7,600. The defendant appealed from an order of the district court of the county of Ramsey denying its motion for judgment or a new trial.
The evidence, taking the most favorable view of it for the plaintiff, tends to show these facts:
The defendant, as a contractor, was engaged in erecting a concrete grand stand at the State Fair Grounds, and constructed a false work staging to support the girder forms or molds into which the concrete was to be poured to make girders or supports for the floors. The plaintiff, a carpenter,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Peterson v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
- Jennings v. Iron Bay Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
3Cited by10 opinions
- Mechler v. McMahonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1931
- Benson v. Northland Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1937
- Vukos v. Duluth Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1927
- Johnson v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
- Falkenberg v. PartridgeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
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