Wertz v. Lincoln Liberty Life Insurance

Plaintiff, administratrix of the estate of William Wertz, a window washer whose death was caused when he fell from a window of defendant’s building, brought this action to recover damages sustained by the widow and next of kin of deceased, whose death was alleged to have been proximately caused by negligence of defendant, its agents, and servants. Defendant denied that it was guilty of any negligence proximately causing the death, and alleged that it was proximately caused by decedent’s own negligence, which was more than slight as a matter of law, and also that decedent, an independent…