Meehan v. Crowder

ADAMS, J.:

Prior to the 9th, 10th and 11th of August, 1943, J. I. Crowder was in good health. On those dates he was directed by his employer to wash the interior of a building with a solution of bichloride of mercury. Crowder had been a painter for many years but had no previous experience or knowledge of the dangerous nature of the mercury solution. The only warning given was not to get the solution in his mouth. The building was not ventilated. The weather was hot and mosquito bites were plentiful. All conditions were favorable for the poisonous fumes to penetrate the body and blood stream…