Braden v. Friedrichsen Floor & Wall Tile Co.

This is an action for personal injuries received by plaintiff while working as a laborer in defendant's clay tile factory. Plaintiff obtained a judgment for $7000 and defendant has appealed. Plaintiff had been working in defendant's plant for about seven or eight months. White clay was baked and then brought into the room where plaintiff worked and run through a crusher. It was then dampened and put through a grinder and this pulverized. For the purpose of dampening the clay a layer of the crushed clay was spread upon the floor and sprinkled with a hose. A clay bin about ten or twelve feet…