SMITH v. RODGERS

No. 5-5757.

477 S.W.2d 831 (1972)

John SMITH, Appellant, v. Mrs. Mary RODGERS, Admx., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied March 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. E. Yingling, Jr., Searcy, and Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, by William Overton, Little Rock, for appellant.

Lightle, Tedder & Hannah, Searcy, for appellee.


BYRD, Justice.

John A. R. Rodgers was killed May 3, 1968, at the Reynolds & Williams Hog Thief cut-off bridge construction site on Highway #305 when the boom cable on a ten ton Bucyrus Erie crane broke while lifting 2,400 pounds of concrete. His widow, appellee Mrs. Mary Rodgers as administratrix, brought this action for damages against appellant John Smith as owner of the crane and as Reynolds & Williams' superintendent of structure work. The matter was submitted...

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