Terry v. Read Steel Products

In June of 1977 Rodney Terry, a minor, commenced work on a summer job at Read Steel Products, Inc. (Read Steel). While engaged in this employment, Terry was injured when his hand caught in a machine he was operating. As a result of the injury, Terry sought to receive workmen's compensation benefits from Manpower, Inc., an employment agency which provided Read Steel with temporary laborers.

Subsequently, Terry's father filed a third-party action on behalf of his son against Read Steel and Edsell Pearce, a co-employee of Terry's. We are not here concerned with the co-employee action. CNA…