MERRITT-CHAPMAN & SCOTT CORPORATION v. GRAHAM

No. 17249.

302 F.2d 930 (1962)

MERRITT-CHAPMAN & SCOTT CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Ernest GRAHAM, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

May 14, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Gavin, Robert R. Redman, Gavin, Robinson & Kendrick, Yakima, Wash., for appellant.

Baird & White, Paul R. White, Ephrata, Wash., for appellee.

Robert J. Willis, J. W. McArdle, Palmer, Willis & McArdle, Yakima, Wash., for Rex H. Fredin, amicus curiæ.

Before CHAMBERS and MERRILL, Circuit Judges, and KILKENNY, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Graham was injured while employed by a subcontractor in connection with the construction of the Priest Rapids Dam in the State of Washington. The appellant was the prime contractor on said job. The District Judge, sitting without a jury, found for Graham and awarded him $6,000.00 general damages and $2,400.60 special damages.

The essential facts, on the question of liability, are not in dispute. On the day in question Graham was installing cable...

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