Clover Splint Coal Co. v. Lorenz

Opinion of the Court by

Morris, Commissioner

Affirming.

On May 19, 1934, appellee, a miner employed by appellant, received injuries by the falling of a piece of slate. On November 14, 1935, he filed petition seeking recovery for the injury, in which he alleged, among other causes, that his injury was occasioned by appellant’s negligence in requiring him to pursue his work in a dangerous and unsafe place; failed to furnish bim a reasonably safe place to work, and that the dangerous and unsafe condition of the place where he was working was known to appellant, and unknown to him at the time.

Appella…