Fenimore v. Donald M. Drake Construction Co.

The appellant was injured when a reinforcing steel structure upon which he was working toppled. The structure, a cage which was designed to form a portion of the reinforcement for one of the concrete columns supporting the dome of the King County stadium, was footed in concrete. Ordinarily stable in the absence of some horizontal force, it bent to the ground under stresses placed upon it in the process of changing guy wires which were used to keep it aligned.

The appellant was entitled to workmen’s compensation, since his employer, a subcontractor, was covered under the industrial insurance…