De Lee v. T. J. Pardy Construction Co.

Defendant was the general contractor for the construction of a building and performed all the work except the plastering, painting and electrical work which it sublet to others. Through the middle of the first floor extended an aisle which formed the only passageway for workmen going from front to rear. Above this passage the subcontractors for the plastering work erected a scaffold for the use of then own employees. Plaintiff, who was an employee of the subcontractor for electrical work, was proceeding through this passage beneath the scaffold when it fell upon and injured him. In this…