Hagins V. E-Z Mart Stores

While Roger Hagins was working for a construction contractor building a new E-Z Mart convenience store, he accidentally stepped off a platform suspended approximately nine feet off the ground, causing his fatal fall. Alleging negligence for failing to exercise reasonable care to reduce or eliminate unsafe work conditions, Hagins' estate subsequently sued E-Z Mart Stores, Inc., and Hagins' employer, Doug R. Lance, individually and d/b/a Lance Construction Co.*fn2 The jury found both defendants and Hagins negligent and assessed sixty percent of proportionate responsibility to Hagins himself, thirty percent to Lance, and ten percent to E-Z Mart. The trial court's resulting final judgment ordered Lance to pay a total of $57,634.67, including interest, and decreed that Hagins' estate take nothing against E-Z Mart.