S & W Crane Service, Inc. v. Dependents of Berard

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

RICHARDSON, C.J.

On December 15, 1965, the decedent, George H. Berard, Jr., reported for work at the Kalihi work yard of his employer, S & W Crane Service, Inc., (herein called appellee). Upon arrival, Berard was assigned to drive two fellow employees to a nearby work site. Returning from this assignment, the decedent assisted another fellow employee in moving a crane boom section. The decedent then climbed up the side of á 60-ton crane, a vertical distance of five feet, and sat in the operator’s seat. After giving a horn signal to mean that he was ready to proceed,…