Jones v. Campbell, Wyant & Cannon Foundry Co.

In February, 1937, plaintiff was employed in defendant’s foundry, breaking up and putting slag in buckets, to be removed by a motor truck, operated by others. While he was running an electric truck, as he claims, by permission of its regular operator, a fellow employee grabbed hold of him and, to support himself, he seized the reverse operat ing lever, the truck moved backward, bumped him against a wall and he sustained a fracture of the left pelvis. He was in a hospital for several weeks and made a good recovery.

The department of labor and industry awarded him compensation during the period…