Patterson v. Adleta, Inc.

Mock, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant Charles Patterson severely injured his leg after falling from a ladder. At the time of his injury, Patterson had been assigned by his temporary employment agency to work at Lykins Oil, delivering fuel to an above-ground seven-foot-high split oil tank ("the split tank") located on the property of defendant-appellee Adleta, Inc. Employees of Lykins Oil delivered fuel to the split tank twice a day, six days a week, and had being doing so for many years without any injuries reported. Patterson had made two previous deliveries to the split tank prior…