MORGAN v. STUBBLEFIELD

Docket Nos. L.A. 29902, 29903.

6 Cal.3d 606 (1972)

493 P.2d 465

100 Cal. Rptr. 1

EARL MORGAN, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CARL STUBBLEFIELD et al., Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants; WILLIAM H. SMITH, Cross-defendant and Appellant. FREDERIC J. SAETELLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CARL STUBBLEFIELD et al., Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants; WILLIAM H. SMITH, Cross-defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 9, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

George A. Kuittinen, Abe Mutchnik, Gilbert, Thompson, Kelly, Crowley & Jennett, W.I. Gilbert, Jr., and Jean Wunderlich for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants.

McBain & Morgan, Angus C. McBain and Elmer O. Docken for Cross-defendant and Appellant.

Pray, Price, Williams & Russell, William A. Williams and Henry F. Walker for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

Plaintiffs, Earl Morgan and Frederic J. Saetelle, are electricians who were seriously injured when they fell from a rolling scaffold which toppled over after one of its wheels fell into a hole in a building under construction. They each filed an action against Associated Construction and Engineering Co. (Associated), the general contractor for the building, and two individuals doing business as Able Equipment Rental...

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