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Case Name | Mercer-Fraser Co. v. IAC | |
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Date | 01/06/1953 | |
Note | Employer's duty for safe workplace not absolute as to liability under 4553. | |
Citation | 40 Cal.2d 102, 18 CCC 3 | |
WCC Citation | WCC 24101953 CA |
The prefabricated wooden structure here involved was one of three units, A, B, and C, being constructed by petitioner for the Hammond Lumber Company. Hammond supplied the materials and hardware and prefabricated the lumber, and petitioner supplied the construction 'know-how' and the men for the job. Each unit, when completed, was to be approximately 500 feet long in a north- south direction and 192 feet wide. Units A and B, standing side by side, were up and all of the bracing, except for the roof panels, was in. Brushing aside the sophistry with which the majority opinion is replete, what are the realities of the situation here presented?
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