MASSEY v. F. H. McGRAW & COMPANY

No. 12670.

233 F.2d 905 (1956)

Paul L. MASSEY, Appellant, v. F. H. McGRAW & COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

May 22, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chas. A. Williams, Paducah, Ky. (E. W. Rivers, Paducah, Ky., Wheeler & Marshall, Paducah, Ky., on the brief), for appellant.

Henry O. Whitlow, Paducah, Ky. (T. S. Waller, T. W. Threlkeld, Paducah, Ky., on the brief), for appellee.

Before MARTIN, MILLER and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


SHACKELFORD MILLER, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Appellant brought this action to recover for personal injuries sustained by him when a rung of a ladder broke while being used by him to descend into a thirteen-foot ditch, causing the injuries complained of.

Appellee, F. H. McGraw & Company, was by contract with the U. S. Government the prime contractor for constructing the Atomic Energy Plant near Paducah, Kentucky. The contract provided that the work "shall be...

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