MARTIN v. GEORGE HYMAN CONST. CO.

No. 12356.

395 A.2d 63 (1978)

Lee D. MARTIN et al., Appellants, v. GEORGE HYMAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne M. Mansulla, Alexandria, Va., for appellants.

Walter J. Murphy, Jr., Wheaton, Md., for appellee George Hyman Construction Company. J. Harry Welch, Wheaton, Md., also entered an appearance for George Hyman Const. Co.

Before KELLY, NEBEKER and FERREN, Associate Judges.


NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

Appellant1 asserts that the trial judge erred in directing a jury verdict for appellee (hereinafter, Hyman)2 at the close of appellant's evidence upon a negligence action. We agree, and thus we reverse and remand for a new trial.

Appellant introduced evidence from which the jury could have found the following circumstances. Appellant was an iron-worker employed by a subcontractor...

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