Defendant also appeals from an order denying its motions for dismissal of the complaint and for a new trial. Plaintiff was a painter employed by defendant in one of its shops. In the course of doing some work on a railroad car plaintiff was standing on a scaffolding so constructed that it could be raised or lowered by means of brackets sliding up or down on permanently fixed steel uprights. By means of a "dog" which fitted into notches on the upright, the scaffold could be...
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