Maunder v. Pozzo

appeal from a judgment for damages for personal injuries and from an order denying their motion for a new trial.

Defendants were general contractors engaged in the erection of a building. Plaintiff was a subcontractor who had undertaken the construction of the stairs in the building. While he was employed about his task he was struck by a piece of brick falling from the floor above the temporary stairway upon which he was at work. The result was an injury which caused the loss of one of plaintiff’s eyes. Judgment was given in his favor for one thousand two hundred dollars.

Before the findings…