Ray v. Transamerica Insurance

T. Gr. Kavanagh, J..

Plaintiff lost his hand as he was operating a punch press on the premises of his employer. He has brought this action against defendant, workmen’s compensation insurance carrier for the employer, as a third-party tort-feasor, under part 3, § 15 of the workmen’s compensation act, 1 al leging that defendant voluntarily undertook to provide safety inspection services on the employer’s premises and that .it negligently performed this undertaking. The legal theory upon which plaintiff bases his claim is the recognized principle that one who assumes to act, even though…