McCourtie v. United States Steel Corp.

Murphy, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in favor of plaintiff.

Plaintiff was working as an employee of a plumbing subcontractor when he was struck by a piece of steel dropped by defendant’s employees, who were engaged in the steel structure work in a manner hereinafter described. The case was submitted to the jury on a special verdict, and the jury found that defendant was negligent; that such negligence was the proximate cause of plaintiff’s injuries; that plaintiff was free from contributory negligence and did not assume the risk of the injuries which he sustained; that…