Legal Opinion
Woodward Iron Co. v. Minyard
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 12, 1948No. 12425PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCORD, Circuit Judge.
A. F. Minyard sued Woodward Iron Company, a corporation, claiming damages because of an alleged failure to furnish him,, while employed .by defendant, with a safe place in which to work; it was charged, that as a proximate consequence plaintiff developed a dust disease of the lungs known as silicosis. By amendment at the trial, the complaint consisted of only one-count, which claimed damages for aggravation or acceleration of the disease during, the period from December 10, 1945, to September 13, 1946.
The defendant, in answer offered in defense of the action (1) the…
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