Legal Opinion
Clark v. RENTAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 19, 1974No. 44119PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, Justice.
Action for personal injuries sustained in a fall from a scaffold. The jury found that defendant only was causally negligent and assessed damages in the amount of $132,885.40. Defendant appeals from the judgment and from the denial of its alternative motions for a new trial or a judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Affirmed.
Plaintiff, Harold Clark, had volunteered to repair ceiling tiles at Christ the King Lutheran Church. Defendant conducts a rent-all type of business, renting, among other things, scaffolding equipment, mainly to individuals and homeowners. The scaffold in…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Campo v. ScofieldNew York Court of Appeals · 1950
- Inman v. Binghamton Housing AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1957
- Lovejoy v. Minneapolis-Moline Power Implement Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1956
- Hartmon v. National Heater Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1953
- Kreyer v. FARMERS'CO-OPERATIVE LUMBER CO.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1962
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Germann v. F.L. Smithe MacHine Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
- State v. BradfordSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2000
- Frey v. Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- Gray v. Badger Mining Corp.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2004
- Wagner v. International Harvester Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
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