Wilson v. Duke Power Company

How courts have described this case

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• notwithstanding the fact that an owner of a building had abandoned his stock brokerage business to develop his property, court held construction work being performed on his building was not a part of his trade, business or occupation
• person working on premises of owner for benefit of owner is considered invitee
• contributory negligence not available as a defense when defendant was reckless
• contributory negligence not available as a defense when defendant was reckless
• contributory negligence not available as a defense when defendant was reckless

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).