Asplund v. Driskell

These appeals are from a plaintiff’s judgment (after a jury trial) for personal injuries suffered. Plaintiff, a workman standing upon equipment 15 feet above the ground, was trying to disengage an A-frame line from, and engage a load line of a swing boom crane (a “cherry picker”) onto the front end assembly of a forklift. While he was so employed, the boom line of the crane broke, striking plaintiff and throwing him to the ground. Serious injuries resulted. Plaintiff’s successful theories of negligence were (1) defendant Driskell, the crane operator, employed by defendant Hood Construction…