Ingram v. Interstate Motor Freight Systems

On October 13, 1975, a tractor and trailer owned by Interstate Motor Freight Systems (Interstate) and driven by its employee, Ernest Cesarone, was backed up to the freight dock of Ajax Rolled Ring Company (Ajax) to be loaded with a shipment of Ajax’s steel rings. A metal dock plate was used to facilitate the loading from the freight dock to the bed of the trailer. Plaintiff, an employee of Ajax, lifted several rings of steel with a hi-lo and began to load the rings onto the trailer by driving the hi-lo across the dock plate to the bed of the trailer. While the hi-lo was on the dock plate, the…