Watkins v. Bird-Sykes-Bunker Co.

Benjamin S. Watkins, as plaintiff below, obtained a verdict and judgment in the sum of $12,500 for personal injuries suffered by him while employed by defendant as an automobile mechanic and while working under an automobile in defendant's used automobile department in Kansas City, Missouri. The case is here for review on defendant's appeal.

The petition contains numerous specifications of negligence, in connection with the general allegation that defendant failed to furnish plaintiff a reasonably safe place to work and reasonably safe appliances with which to work, but plaintiff submitted his…