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FERREL v. SAFWAY STEEL SCAFFOLDS

Docket No. L.A. 26745.

57 Cal.2d 651 (1962)

371 P.2d 311

21 Cal. Rptr. 575

ELMER L. FERREL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SAFWAY STEEL SCAFFOLDS et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 15, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgar Simon and Jean Wunderlich for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Spray, Gould & Bowers, Philip L. Bradish, Henry E. Kappler, Schell, Delamer & Loring and Lee A. Solomon for Defendants and Respondents.

GIBSON, C.J.

Plaintiff, an employee of an independent contractor, Bay View Welding Works, was injured as the result of a fall from a scaffold he was using while repairing a storage tank owned by defendant, Vegetable Oil Products Company, Inc. He brought this action for damages against Vegetable Oil and joined as defendants Safway Steel Products, Inc., and its division, Safway Steel Scaffolds, which leased the scaffold to Bay View.

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