Cell v. Yale & Towne Manfg. Co.

This is an action at law by an employee to recover damages for injuries sustained by reason of the failure of the employer to provide a reasonably safe place in which to work. Plaintiff claims that, by failure of defendant to provide appliances to carry off fumes, gas and dust, he suffered burns of his face, eyes, arm, body and lungs, and became disabled. Defendant operates under the provisions of the workmen’s compensation law (2 Comp. Laws 1929, § 8407 et seq.), and moved to dismiss plaintiff’s suit on the ground that the law action, asserted by plaintiff, could not be maintained against…