Calerich v. Cudahy Packing Company

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Groves.

The parties appear here in the same order as in the trial court, and will be referred to as plaintiff and defendant. This was an action for damages arising out of a back injury sustained by plaintiff when he was struck by a door on defendant’s premises. At the conclusion of the presentation of the plaintiff’s case, the court granted a motion for dismissal on the ground that the plaintiff was contributorily negligent as a matter of law. We have concluded that the case should have been submitted to the jury. Accordingly, we reverse.

Plaintiff was a wholesale…