Walters v. McLaurin

GILLESPIE, Presiding Justice:

Edwin W. McLaurin, appellee, sued Walters Plumbing Company, appellant, to recover damages for personal injuries. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff. Walters Plumbing Company appealed to this Court.

Appellee was employed by a subcontractor engaged in doing the carpentry work in the construction of a service station. Using two A-frame ladders appellee erected a scaffold upqn which to work. He was engaged in installing sections of siding on the service station. Boards were placed under each of the four feet of the ladders so that the ladders would not sink into…