WOODCOCK v. FONTANA SCAFFOLDING & EQUIP. CO.

Docket No. S.F. 22605.

69 Cal.2d 452 (1968)

455 P.2d 881

72 Cal. Rptr. 217

WALDO E. WOODCOCK, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. FONTANA SCAFFOLDING AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant; ARGONAUT INSURANCE COMPANY, Intervener and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 24, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellwood Hoskins and Cyril Viadro for Defendant and Appellant.

Boccardo, Blum, Lull, Niland, Teerlink & Bell, David S. Lull and Edward J. Niland for Plaintiff and Respondent.

No appearance for Intervener and Respondent.


PETERS, J.

Plaintiff Waldo E. Woodcock, an employee of Barrett Construction Company, was injured on December 16, 1963, at a construction site in Palo Alto. He commenced this action for damages for personal injuries against Fontana Scaffolding and Equipment Company, alleging that it had negligently stacked a number of metal scaffold frames which had fallen on him.

Fontana Scaffolding denied all material allegations of the complaint, alleged negligence on the...

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