Szymanski v. K Mart Corp.

Plaintiff John M. Szymanski, an employee of Cadillac Window Cleaning Company, was injured when he fell from a scaffold suspended approximately forty feet above the ground while washing windows at defendant Kmart Corporation’s world headquarters. Plaintiff and the two other men who were on the scaffold with him were not wearing safety belts or safety lines. Plaintiff subsequently brought suit against defendant and, after a jury trial, was awarded $1,306,250 in damages. Defendant now appeals the judgment as of right. We reverse._

I

Defendant first argues that the trial court erred in denying its…