Judgment for plaintiff unanimously reversed on the law and on the facts, and new trial granted, with costs to abide the event.
This is an action by an employee of a contractor against the owner of a building to recover for personal injuries sustained when he fell through the escape hatch on top of a freight elevator when he was walking or standing thereon for purpose of replacing the shoes and gibs on the elevator. The case was submitted to the jury under a charge...
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