Kaminski v. Tudor Iron Works

This is a suit by plaintiff to recover damages for the loss of a thumb alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendants. The negligence charged in plaintiff’s petition is twofold: first, the failure of defendant to provide a reasonably safe appliance with which to do the work he and others engaged with him were required to perform, in this, that the derrick or hoisting machine (at which he and his co-laborers were working) was not furnished with a brake-dog to arrest or stay the load that was placed upon its arms or crane, while being hoisted or lowered by use of the machine; and,…