Brown v. C. H. Guernsey & Co.

NEPTUNE, Judge.

Plaintiff Brown was employed as a foreman by Sims Electric Company. Sims was engaged by Northwestern Electric Cooperative to rebuild a transmission line. Northwestern Co-op also contracted with defendant corporation Guernsey for certain engineering services in connection with the rebuilding of the line. Plaintiff was injured when a pole he had climbed broke below ground level and fell.

Plaintiff alleged negligence of defendant Guernsey through its employee Eder because Eder specified use of poles of such age and condition that they might break due to deterioration, that…