Salvati v. Anthony-Lee Screen Printing, Inc.

MELODY J. STEWART, J.:

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant Robert A. Salvati, an independent construction contractor hired to build an enclosure around a compressor that powered an exhaust fan owned by defendant-appellee Anthony-Lee Screen Printing, Inc. ("Anthony-Lee") injured himself when he put his hand inside the fan. Claiming that he had been unaware that the fan was operating at the time and that the dark room prevented him from seeing clearly, Salvati brought this negligence action against Anthony-Lee, alleging that it negligently removed filters that would otherwise guard the fan and failed to…