Brown v. Compton & Roush, Inc.

Plaintiff sought recovery of damages by reason of personal injuries received by him when he, while standing in front of his own tractor on his 'farm, was pushed backward by the movement of it and forced against the teeth of a near-by harrow. It is claimed that the tractor motor was started by the defendant’s employee without ascertaining whether or not the tractor was in gear. The case was tried to the court’ a jury having been waived. The trial court found that the defendant’s employee was negligent but also found that the plaintiff was negligent in standing in front of the tractor at a time…