Kurtz v. Wright Garage Corp.

This is a personal injury action brought by a gasoline truck driver against a corporation that had .contracted with his employer to inspect and make repairs to the gasoline truck. While at work and while descending the truck’s ladder, plaintiff, Russell Kurtz, fell from a step just below the truck’s bumper. Plaintiff’s complaint alleged that the defendant’s failure to maintain the bottom step of the ladder and failure to tighten the bolts which secured the step in place proximately caused his injury. The trial court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment. We have jurisdiction under…