MANNING v. PUBLIC SERVICE ELEC. & GAS CO.


58 N.J. Super. 386 (1959)

156 A.2d 260

BENJAMIN MANNING, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS CO., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 4, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jerry M. Finn argued the cause for plaintiff-appellant (Messrs. Greenstone & Greenstone, attorneys).

Mr. Luke A. Kiernan, Jr., argued the cause for defendant-respondent (Mr. Herman H. Wille, Jr., of counsel).

Before Judges PRICE, SULLIVAN and FOLEY.


The opinion of the court was delivered by FOLEY, J.A.D.

In this negligence case plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered in the Law Division on a jury verdict of no cause of action.

On May 24, 1956 plaintiff, a masonry worker in the employ of Puratex Stone Co., was engaged in resurfacing the front of a building situated on the westerly side of Grand Avenue in Palisades Park, New Jersey. The work required him and a co-worker to operate from a scaffold which...

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