Flores v. Caldwell

GRAHAM, Judge.

One of plaintiff’s theories of recovery is that defendant failed to furnish him a safe place to work in that the airplane’s ignition system was faulty and the airplane was defective in other respects.

No evidence was introduced in support of this theory. All of the evidence tended to show that the switch was off, the throttle was closed, and that reasonable steps had been taken to secure the aircraft. Defendant, who testified as an adverse witness for plaintiff, attributed the action of the propeller to compression which had built up in certain cylinders. He stated that when the…