Laxton v. Hatzel & Buehler, Inc.

HICKS, Circuit Judge.

Action for damages for personal injuries. Appeal by plaintiff’from a directed verdict for defendant at the close of plaintiff’s evidence. The sole question is, whether appellee’s motion for a- directed verdict should have been denied.

Appellant was a “plant protection patrolman”-at the Mt. Hope plant of the Nash-* Kelvinator Corporation at Lansing, Mich, (herein called Nash). Shortly after he went on duty at midnight, on April 16, 1942, he was struck on the head and severely injured by a falling exterior floodlight fixture weighing 37% pounds. The fixture fell about 50…