Maki v. S. J. Groves & Sons

Oscar E. Maki was employed as a foreman by the defendant, S. J. Groves & Sons, road contractors. On December 23,1935, he, together with other workmen, was engaged in removing ice from a low spot in a proposed road bed. The ice was first sawed into chunks and then pulled from the water with the aid of tongs. At about 3:30 in the afternoon, Maki was prying on a piece of ice with a ladder while others pulled with tongs in an attempt to re move the same from the hole from which it had been cut. The testimony indicates that this particular piece of ice was larger than ordinary and that the number…