Gignac v. Studebaker Corp.

The facts involved in this case may be briefly stated as follows: The claimant, a young man about 20 years of age, was employed by the defendant corporation as a checker. At the rear of the plant operated by appellant was a side track of the railroad company, running along the side of the platform where empty cars were placed to be loaded with automobiles. It was claimant’s duty to check each automobile as it was placed in the car. When the string of cars was loaded, it was customary to remove it to another track a short distance away from the platform. On the evening before the accident,…