Fritz v. Rudy Furnace Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Industrial Aecident Board. Peter Fritz presented his claim for compensation against the Rudy Furnace Company for injuries received in defendant’s employ. From an order awarding compensation, defendant and the State Accident Fund, insurer, bring certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
On January 29, 1920, plaintiff, a laborer in a foundry, was assisting in pouring molten iron from a bull ladle, which when filled weighed about 800 pounds. From opposite sides of the ladle a bar four or five feet in length projected, which at each end was divided into two handles between which a man stood when pouring, the ladle being supported by a bench. Plaintiff and a fellow workman had poured part of the metal,—
“A. When she slipped and gave me that wrench.
“Q. What slipped?
“A. Why, that bull ladle.
“Q. What did it slip in?
*326"A. On the benches it was setting on. It got caught and I went to…
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