Bell v. Rocheford

Jackson, C.

The plaintiff had judgment for damages on account of an injury sustained while in the employ of the defendants. The defendants appeal.

The facts concerning the injury are not disputed. The defendants were independent contractors engaged in the erection of a power house for the Omaha Street Railway Company, and were, at the time of the accident, putting-in a concrete floor in the second story. That portion of the floor at the point where the accident occurred was above a room 9 by 40 feet, with a 10 foot ceiling. To support the concrete steel I beams were placed crosswise of the room…