FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. TOMLINSON

No. 12322.

229 F.2d 873 (1956)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Appellant, v. Wallace H. TOMLINSON, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

February 11, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Butler, Cleveland, Ohio, Bulkley, Butler & Rini, Cleveland, Ohio, on brief, for appellant.

Theodore T. Sindell, Cleveland, Ohio, Julien Renswick, Sindell, Sindell, Renswick & Bourne, Cleveland, Ohio, on brief, for appellee.

Before ALLEN, MILLER and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


STEWART, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity of citizenship case Wallace H. Tomlinson was awarded damages by a district court jury for personal injuries he sustained while working as a painter in a plant under construction on the defendant Ford Motor Company's property near Cleveland, Ohio.1 The plaintiff was an employee of an independent painting contractor at the time he was injured. Even if all factual issues are resolved in favor of the...

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