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BALMA v. TIDEWATER OIL COMPANY

214 A.2d 560 (1965)

Pete BALMA and Insurance Company of North America, a Pennsylvania corporation, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. TIDEWATER OIL COMPANY, a corporation of the State of Delaware, Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

November 9, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. D'Angelo and Stanley T. Czajkowski, Wilmington, for plaintiffs below, appellants.

Rodman Ward Jr., and Richard I. G. Jones, of Prickett & Prickett, Wilmington, for defendant below, appellee.

WOLCOTT, C. J., and CAREY and HERRMANN, JJ., sitting.

HERRMANN, Justice.

The question on this appeal is whether the Delaware Scaffolding Statute, 16 Del.C. § 7701(a)*, is applicable in this case.

The facts, viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs, are these:

The plaintiff, Pete Balma, was an employee of Catalytic Construction Company (hereinafter "Catalytic") which had a contract with the defendant Tidewater Oil...

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