PLUMMER v. BECHTEL CONST. CO.

Docket No. 103017.

182 Mich. App. 308 (1990)

451 N.W.2d 631

PLUMMER v. BECHTEL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided February 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard D. McMahon, P.C. (by Leonard D. McMahon), and Conway & Wright, P.C. (by Daniel J. Wright), of Counsel, for plaintiff.

Kitch, Saurbier, Drutchas, Wagner & Kenney, P.C. (by Gregory G. Drutchas and Susan Healy Zitterman), for defendants.

Before: SAWYER, P.J., and WEAVER and NEFF, JJ.


WEAVER, J.

Thomas C. Plummer, Jr., sued Bechtel Construction Company and The Detroit Edison Company for injuries received during a construction accident. A jury found that plaintiff suffered $1,100,000 in damages. However, the jury apportioned fault at twenty-five percent to plaintiff and seventy-five percent to defendants, thus reducing defendants' liability to $825,000. Defendants appeal as of right. We reverse.

Plaintiff was injured in the course of his...

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