Rockwell v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.

This action was brought to re-' cover damages for injuries received by the plaintiff on May 28,1928, while assisting in the unloading of a car of steel beams in the defendant’s yards in the city of Flint, Michigan.

The defendant maintains an electric crane for unloading of heavy freight. The plaintiff was engaged in the trucking business. On the day of the accident, lie was engaged by a bridge contractor to unload a car of I-beams and haul them to the site of the bridge. As the beams were being unloaded, the plaintiff stood near the center of the car toward the north side. The beams were being…