Cason v. American Brake Shoe & Foundry Co.

SYMES, District Judge.

The charge is that: Defendant operates a foundry for the manufacture of brake shoes, etc., in Denver and employed plaintiff as a laborer from 1923 to 1925, inclusive, and from 1926 to October 8, 1936, inclusive, as a moulder in the foundry. At various times plaintiff also operated the mill or rattlers for the cleaning of brake shoes; he was also engaged in chipping and grinding brake shoes. The plaintiff worked in a closed room where large quantities of sand, ‘silica and special powders were used in moulding, grinding, etc., and a great deal of gas, vapor, dust and other…