OWEN v. ROYAL INDUSTRIES, INC.


314 A.2d 60 (1974)

Harold OWEN, Jr. v. ROYAL INDUSTRIES, INC. and Home Indemnity Company.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

January 7, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Basil A. Latty, Robert N. Walker, Yarmouth, for plaintiff.

Mahoney, Robinson, Mahoney & Norman, by Robert F. Hanson, Portland, for defendants.

Before DUFRESNE, C. J., and WEATHERBEE, POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD and DELAHANTY, JJ.


WEATHERBEE, Justice.

On April 19, 1971 the petitioner, along with other crew members of Owen and Freeman Building Contractors, was working on trusses which were to support the roof of a new building owned by Royal Industries, Inc. of Scarboro. While so working, the petitioner fell 30 to 35 feet when a truss collapsed under him. This fall caused broken bones and internal injuries which seriously incapacitated the petitioner. After this incident, the petitioner brought...

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