LaBelle v. Swanson

Matson, Justice.

Appeal is from an order denying plaintiff’s blended motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict on the issue of liability and for a new trial on the issue of damages or, in the alternative, for a new trial on all issues.

This action is for damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff when he fell from a scaffold while washing windows. The verdict was for the defendant. Plaintiff and a fellow workman, Joseph John, both employed by the Reliable Window Cleaning Company, were washing windows on the outside of the state highway department building located at 1246 University…