Wortman v. R. L. Coolsaet Construction Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment of no cause of action. The cause was tried without a jury. On the day in question, plaintiff was in the employ of the city of Detroit as a foreman in charge of a group of men who were demolishing buildings on Michigan avenue in conjunction with the street widening of Michigan avenue.

The defendant company was in charge of excavat ing ditches and the laying of gas mains. In performing this work, defendant company used an apparatus set on a caterpillar tractor. A crane extended from the apparatus and to this was attached a clam bucket. The bucket was controlled…