SCOTT PAPER COMPANY v. COOPER

No. 25855.

403 F.2d 526 (1968)

SCOTT PAPER COMPANY, Inc., Appellant, v. Kelsey L. COOPER, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 20, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam W. Pipes, Irwin W. Coleman, Jr., Mobile, Ala., Lyons, Pipes & Cook, Mobile, Ala., of counsel, for appellant.

Joseph M. Matranga, Barry Hess, Mobile, Ala., Matranga, Hess & Sullivan, Mobile, Ala., of counsel, for appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and RIVES and McENTEE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Scott Paper Company appeals from a judgment based on a jury verdict in favor of Kelsey Cooper for injuries sustained when he fell some 80 feet in a boiler building being constructed for Scott Paper Company as a part of an extensive industrial plant. Cooper was employed by Independent Contractor O. B. Cannon, Inc. to paint the incomplete structure. Scott claims that it was not in possession of the premises at the time of the accident and therefore had no...

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