Crown Cork & Seal Co. v. Kane Ex Rel. Eastern Motor Express, Inc.

This appeal is from a judgment for the plaintiff, appellee, on a jury’s verdict in a negligence case. The appellant contends that the court erred in refusing to direct a verdict in its favor, and that there was reversible error in the court’s charge to the jury.

The plaintiff was employed by Eastern Motor Express, Inc., as a truck driver’s helper. In the course of his employment he had gone to the appellant’s warehouse, to pick up or deliver loads, on a number of occasions over a period of years. To reach the loading platform trucks are driven past a guard at the outer gate who checks the…