Weber v. Hinds

SHANGLER, Judge.

Plaintiff Jack Weber brought suit for damages against his uncle, defendant Norman L. Hinds, for those injuries suffered when he fell from the roof of defendant Hinds’ residence at 7611 Jefferson in Kansas City, Missouri. The pleaded theory of recovery was that defendant had expressly invited plaintiff to help repair that roof, and, at defendant’s direction, plaintiff ascended a ladder for access thereto. It was further alleged that as plaintiff stepped from the ladder onto the roof, the covering tar paper, or “felt” as it was also called, “slipped”, so that the plaintiff lost…