Mervin v. Magney Construction Co.

COYNE, Justice.

This action arises out of a personal injury sustained by a government inspector who fell from a ladder at the site of a construction project. The trial court instructed the jury that a contractor’s unexcused failure to comply with the provisions of the Corps of Engineers General Safety Requirements Manual, as required by the construction contract, constituted negligence per se. The jury found all parties negligent but that only the negligence of defendants was a direct cause of the accident, and the jury determined that plaintiff had sustained damages in the amount of $750,000.…