Brown v. Continental Oil Co.

The plaintiff in this case was injured while working for the Continental Oil Co., on May 18, 1942. He performed work of a common laborer and while engaged in unloading pipes on that day, a heavy iron skid pipe was knocked out of its place, struck him on his back, throwing him down and rolling over his left leg. He sustained severe fractures of that leg, two in the tibia, in both instances union having had to be made by means of metal plates screwed into the bone, and one in the fibula.

There is no dispute about his employment and about the accident, nor is it seriously contended that he had a…