Francis C. Perkins v. Henry J. Kaiser Construction Co., a Corporation

For personal injuries suffered in a fall •while employed in the installation of furnaces during construction of an industrial plant in West Virginia, Francis G. Perkins was awarded damages by a jury in the District Court. On motion ■of the defendant, Henry J. Kaiser Construction Company, the verdict was set •aside and judgment rendered non ob-•stante for Construction. It had not failed in any duty to Perkins, the Court ■concluded, because the defective wooden guard rail of the defendant responsible for his misfortune was used by him at the time in an unforeseeable and plainly unintended…