Claim of Ziolkowski v. American Radiator Co.

Joseph Ziolkowski was employed to operate an electric crane used in the yards of a foundry of the American Radiator Company. His duties required him to sit upon an iron stool in the cab of the crane. The cab was small. Ziolkowski’s hours of work began at five o’clock in the afternoon. They continued ordinarily till the early morning hours. The night of January 27th, 1927, was cold — it is said, the coldest night of the winter. The cab was unheated. At eleven o’clock that night the foreman passed the cab where Ziolkowski was working and called to him: “ How is everything? ” Ziolkowski…