Cozad v. Raisch Improvement Co.

Action to recover damages for personal injuries. Defendant appeals from the judgment and from the order denying its motion for a new trial.

The plaintiff, D. W. Cozad, was at the time of the accident employed by the Raisch Improvement Company in paving a street in the city of Vallejo. He was foreman of a grading gang part of whose work consisted in the building of a curb line of concrete on the north side of the street. In connection with the work, a concrete mixing machine was used into which crushed rock and cement were conveyed by means of a “skip” or “conveyer” operated by a gasoline…