Plaintiff was injured while working under a pier when the action of waves caused the floating stage on which he was kneeling to drop while plaintiff was sawing a board. This drop caused the board to fall on top of him. Given that the swing in elevation of the stage due to tides and waves was understood by all as a risk of this particular construction site, and the accident could not have occurred without the differential in elevation between the plaintiff (in the wave's trough...
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