Lewandowski v. McClintic-Marshall Construction Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Arread from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: J. 0. Ludwig, Circuit Judge. The defendant' company was engaged in constructing the steel and iron work of a building being erected in the city of Milwaukee.
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Arread from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: J. 0. Ludwig, Circuit Judge. The defendant' company was engaged in constructing the steel and iron work of a building being erected in the city of Milwaukee. Plaintiff, a bricklayer in the employ of Strach-ota & Sons, mason contractors, was at work upon the same building, and at the tiiüe of. the injury was on the inside of the wall of the east wing, which wall at that time was built up about three feet from the first floor on which he was standing. The employees of the' defendant were working on the seventh floor of the west…
1Opinion of the Court
*324Tbe following opinion was filed November 18, 1913:
BaeNes, T.
Tbe appellant' contends tbat it was error not to allow tbe jury to say whether tbe rivet which struck tbe plaintiff was dropped or thrown by defendant’s employees, and also tbat tbe court erred in not directing a verdict for tbe defendant in tbe first instance, and in not changing tbe answers to certain questions in tbe special verdict' after it was returned and awarding judgment for tbe defendant on tbe verdict as corrected.
Tbe evidence, and tbe pleadings as well, showed tbat tbe defendant was engaged in riveting tbe iron framework…
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