KUNTZ v. DEL E. WEBB CONSTR. CO.

Docket No. L.A. 26528.

57 Cal.2d 100 (1961)

368 P.2d 127

18 Cal. Rptr. 527

ALEX J. KUNTZ, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DEL E. WEBB CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 22, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Coyle and Henry F. Walker for Defendant and Appellant.

Rose, Klein & Marias, Victor C. Rose, Robert P. Dockeray, Ernest L. Graves and Arthur Sherman for Plaintiff and Respondent.


GIBSON, C.J.

Plaintiff was employed in the construction of a building when he was injured as the result of stepping on a panel of steel decking which gave way beneath him. Del E. Webb Construction Company was the general contractor for the erection of the building; the decking was being installed by employees of Mitchell Steel, Inc., a subcontractor; and plaintiff's employer was another subcontractor, Patent Scaffolding Company. This action was brought to recover...

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