Skibicki v. Diesel Construction Co.

This is an action for personal injuries brought against the general contractor of a building under construction, by the employee of a subcontractor engaged thereon. At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s case, which was directed solely to the question of liability, both sides rested and, by stipulation of the parties, a jury was waived and the issue of liability was submitted to the court for determination upon the evidence presented and the contractual exhibits.

The record indicates that defendant Diesel Construction Co., Inc. undertook to serve as general contractor for the construction of a…