Cable Maintenance Company Liability for Worker Injury

A claimant was injured when a cable, the maintenance of which was entrusted to a company by a municipal authority, snapped under a load it was designed to support, leading to the injury during the execution of work by the claimant for the municipal authority. The court upheld the finding that the company responsible for the cable's maintenance was liable for the resulting damage, reasoning that the company had a specific obligation of result concerning the safety of the equipment under its charge, and its failure to ensure the cable's integrity, despite its stated capacity, constituted a breach of this obligation, thus establishing its fault and liability towards the injured party.