Opinion ID: 2022392
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: confirmation

Text: 1578 1278 each Grey metal lockers 12 x 21 x 72, single tier, standard type with all necessary trim mouldings. Lockers shall have grooved key, two per locker and shall be master keyed. Lockers shall be welded steel sheet construction, not less than 16 gauge for doors and frames and exteriors; 24 gauge for interior divisions. At the time the original bid was received, 3M's purchasing department, as well as its own architects and engineers, had one of Berger's catalogs available. Reference to this catalog would have disclosed immediately that the type of locker covered by the bid was constructed of 24-gauge steel on the entire exterior except the front, which was 16-gauge steel. The lockers were delivered in crates unassembled. In the meantime, Curtis 1000, Inc., had contracted with Dayton's Bluff Sheet Metal Works to assemble and erect the lockers on the bases built by 3M according to the blueprints and the directions of the manufacturer which came with the locker parts. After the lockers were assembled, plaintiff, with another employee, was assigned the job of cleaning the interior of the lockers, and, while he was so engaged, a bank of 15 lockers, weighing 818 pounds, tipped over on him, causing very serious injuries.