SICKLES v. GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY

No. 11215.

219 F.2d 847 (1955)

Roy SICKLES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 8, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn D. Peters, G. Edward McHie, and Peters & Highland, Hammond, Ind., of counsel, for appellant.

Jay E. Darlington, Hammond, Ind., for appellee.

Before DUFFY, Chief Judge, and MAJOR and LINDLEY, Circuit Judges.


MAJOR, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment, entered April 20, 1954, in favor of plaintiff and against defendant, in the amount of $40,000, for damages resulting from personal injuries sustained by plaintiff on Monday, January 24, 1949, because of the collapse of a scaffold on which plaintiff, an independent contractor, was performing services for and in the plant of defendant.

The important ground urged for reversal is that the evidence was insufficient...

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