Petrak v. Cooke Contracting Co.

Joseph Petrak, administrator of the estate of Thomas Petrak, deceased, brought suit against Cooke Contracting Company, claiming that the death of his son, Thomas, was caused by the “wilful, malicious, intentional, wrongful, and negligent actions” of the Cooke company. For some months prior to the death of Thomas on October 29, 1946, defendant Cooke, with the permission of the owner, had been using a vacant lot in the city of Crosse Pointe for the storage of its road construction materials and equipment. These included hoppers for cement, sand and gravel, a crane, a sub-grader, and a flat…