Watson v. Publix Riviera Theatre

Plaintiff, April 28, 1930, was an actor in the employ of defendant Publix Eiviera Theatre in the city of Detroit, receiving a salary of $475 a week. He acted as master of ceremonies. One of his duties was to turn somersaults on a tremboline, or bounding table, which has rubber bands around the edge of a canvas fitted down with a heavy frame. During one of these somersaults, plaintiff’s leg gave way and he fell and it was later found he had torn some of the ligaments of his left leg and twisted the pelvic bones. The important question is whether there is any evidence to indicate plaintiff’s…