Spencer v. G. A. MacDonald Construction Co.

Opinion

McDANIEL, J.

Plaintiff filed suit against the defendant for severe and permanent personal injuries suffered in a fall from a scaffold while employed as an apprentice roofer by a subcontractor at a residential construction project on which defendant was the general contractor. The jury found for defendant and judgment was entered accordingly. Plaintiff appeals from the judgment.

Facts

Defendant was the general contractor at the Huntington Harbor Estates, a residential construction project at Huntington Beach, California. At the time of his injuries, plaintiff, then 36, was an apprentice…