James Cletus Brandon v. Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co.

The plaintiff sustained injuries which rendered him permanently quadriplegic when a load of corrugated paper weighing some 800 pounds toppled off a fork lift truck which he was operating and struck him on the back of his neck. The fork lift truck was not equipped with an overhead canopy guard or load back rest which are safety devices intended to protect the truck’s operator against *520falling cargo. The plaintiff sued the defendant which manufactured and supplied the fork lift truck to his employer, the Industrial Container Corporation, charging that the defendant knew or should have known that…