Hahn v. Flat River Ice & Cold Storage Co.

HYDE, Judge.

Action for damages for personal injuries. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $25,-000, and defendant has appealed. The principal questions are whether plaintiff’s evidence was .sufficient to show that defendant was negligent and whether plaintiff was negligent as a matter of law.

Plaintiff lost his right hand in an ice crushing machine. He said his hand was caught when he reached into a chute in the bottom of the machine to unclog ice that would not fall out. The case was submitted on three charges of negligence, as follows:

“(b) In failing to provide any or suitable tools or…