Bennett v. G. T. O'Maley Tractor Co.

This is a personal injury suit. At the time of his injury plaintiff was employed by defendants as a carpenter, or carpenter’s helper. Defendants, desiring to demonstrate to retail dealers in Ford automobiles the operation of certain machinery which should be used in the repair of Ford cars in a first class shop, erected what defendants termed a model shop. This model shop consisted only of frame work of wood, not enclosed. It was eighteen feet long and sixteen feet wide and consisted of three 2x6 uprights on each side. From the floor to the joists was twelve feet. Slightly above the joists…