GRIFFIN, J.S.C.
The issue before the court is whether the defense of comparative negligence can be raised when a worker chooses not to use a separate ladder to climb and descend scaffolding erected at the work site or to use the portion of the end frame constructed as a ladder. The court concludes that under these circumstances the defense should be submitted to the jury.
Charles Costa Colella was employed as a pipefitter by E.I. Dupont de Nemours Co. at its...
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