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CASEY v. BYRD

No. 675.

131 S.E.2d 375 (1963)

259 N.C. 721

Carl David CASEY v. J. Claiborne BYRD, t/a/d/b/a Associated Scaffolding and Equipment Company.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 14, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haywood & Denny, and George W. Miller, Jr., Durham, for plaintiff appellant.

Bryant, Lipton, Bryant & Battle, Durham, for defendant appellee.

SHARP, Justice.

A scaffold, designed to be used by workmen painting a ceiling twenty-five to thirty feet above the floor, is an inherently dangerous instrument if not properly constructed. One who contracts to furnish a scaffold for such a purpose owes to those for whose use it is provided the duty to use proper care in its construction and to supply a reasonably safe structure. Odum v. National Oil Co., 213 N.C. 478, 196 S.E. 823; Cathey v. Southeastern Construction...

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