O. v. Olivier v. William Snowden

William Snowden sued O. V. Olivier to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him on December 16, 1964. Snowden was an employee of a general contractor, M. L. Osborne, who was in charge of construction work on a bank building in Jefferson County. Olivier was a subcontractor employed to do the plastering work on the building. The accident occurred while Snowden was using a scaffold owned by Olivier. Snowdens position throughout has been that he was an invitee while occupying the Olivier scaffold, and that Olivier, on the theory that a custom of allowing mutual use of scaffolding, had a duty to furnish to all employees, including the employees of the general contractor, a safe place to work. Snowden alleged negligence generally. Specifically, Snowden alleged that Olivier was negligent in "installing one inch thick boards on said scaffold," and in certain other specific acts and omissions.