Broderick v. City of Waterbury

The plaintiffs in these actions, tried together, sought to recover damages for injuries suffered because of the collapse of a staging upon which they were standing while engaged in painting a school building in the defendant city. From judgments for the defendant they have appealed. The work was being done by the works progress administration of the federal government under an arrangement by which the city had agreed to furnish equipment and material for the use of the workmen. The first count of the complaint was based upon claimed negligence of the defendant in furnishing a defective and…