Sherman v. Michigan Mutual Insurance

On March 22, 1982, the trial court entered summary judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals as of right.

On October 11, 1979, plaintiff injured his ankle while working for the Alvin Motor Freight Company. That day, he was unloading a trailer that had already been backed into a loading dock bay. While plaintiff and a co-employee were standing at opposite ends of the dock plate, they began to lift their respective ends with a steel hook. Unfortunately, a defective dock plate "snapped out” and hit plaintiffs leg, pinching it against a heavy roll of copper on the trailer.

Plaintiff now argues that…