Weed v. American Car & Foundry Co.

This is an action for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff on or about July 1, 1924. The jury returned a verdict in favor of defendants, but the trial court entered an order sustaining plaintiff's motion for a new trial filed, and defendants appealed.

The gist of the amended petition may be briefly stated. The substantive averments are that plaintiff was employed by defendant corporation and was by defendants directed and it became his duty to work upon cars in the course of manufacture. While about his usual and customary duties of driving rivets in a car, (a) that defendants carelessly…