McLennon v. Whitney-Steen Co.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to Denver District Court, Hon. Greeley W. Whitford, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Garrigues
In February, 1911, the Whitney-Steen Company was engaged in erecting a tower for the Daniels & Fisher Stores Company in Denver. An elevator shaft through which a hoist was operated for carrying materials used in the work, was constructed from the basement to the 23rd floor, in the tower. The well holes or openings on the different floors through which the elevator passed, were not protected by any fence or barrier, and the cage or elevator was simply a platform.
On the morning of February 7, 1911, McLennon, a carpenter, and Dixon a fellow workman were preparing forms for concrete on the 18th…
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