TOLAR CONSTR. CO. v. ELLINGTON

51174.

137 Ga. App. 847 (1976)

225 S.E.2d 66

TOLAR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY v. ELLINGTON et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided February 12, 1976.

Rehearing Denied March 8, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neely, Freeman & Hawkins, Richard P. Schultz, William G. Tabb, III, for appellant.

Thomas Henry Nickerson, John D. Lowery, for appellees.


DEEN, Presiding Judge.

The plaintiff's suit is predicated upon the defendant's alleged negligence in requiring him to work in surroundings and under working conditions which were hazardous and dangerous to his safety. To hold the defendant liable in tort he must be in breach of some duty owed to the plaintiff. Code §§ 105-103, 105-104. Here the only duty owed to the plaintiff-invitee by the defendant, who was the general contractor, was to take reasonable...

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