Mundell v. Swedlund

Glenn I. Mundell, appellant, employed by respondent Swedlund, while assisting in the work of commercially grinding hay for one Haynes, a customer of respondent, and more specifically while hammering a steel stake to which was attached a guy wire holding the derrick used in such operations, was struck in the right eye with a small piece of metal flying from the stake, the eyeball being pierced and entirely destroyed, removed by operation, and an artificial eye fitted. Respondent in his business ground hay commercially at an agreed price per ton with a hammer mill which was moved from place to…