Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
B. Ford Davis, with whom were W. Hamilton Whiteford and Whiteford, Taylor, Preston, Trimble & Johnston on the brief, for appellant.
Robert E. Cahill, with whom were David L. Snyder and Melnicove, Asch, Greenberg & Kaufman on the brief, for Willard N. Lave, one of appellees. No brief filed on behalf of other appellees.
The cause was argued before BARNES, McWILLIAMS, SINGLEY, SMITH and DIGGES, JJ.
Court of Appeals of Maryland.
McWILLIAMS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
On 27 June 1967 a large metal hopper, hanging from the boom of a crane, was being eased into place in a building on South Wolfe Street in Baltimore. The operation was being supervised by Willard N. Lave (Lave), a vice president of the contractor, Charles A. Gareis, Inc. (Gareis). The crane, owned by Arundel Crane Service
Corp. (Arundel), had been leased to Gareis. It had...
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