Sperling v. Morgold Garage Corp.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered on a nonsuit in an action for damages for personal injuries claimed to have arisen from negligence. The plaintiff, who is a jobber of electrical fixtures, fell when a ladder collapsed which he had mounted to repair an electric light fixture in defendant’s garage. This ladder was supplied by the defendant. It was a twelve-foot ladder with a front section and a tail section. Plaintiff noticed that the right leg of the tail section had been completely severed at a point about six feet above the ground, and that the severed ends had been joined and were…