Walker v. Sheffield Steel Corp.

This action, begun on February 7, 1927, is for damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment in the sum of $3000 and defendant has appealed.

The amended petition, which was filed on April 24, 1929, alleges that plaintiff, while an employee of the defendant at its manufacturing plant located in Kansas City, was injured on December 4, 1926, by the slipping of an apparatus with which he was working, described in the petition as a crane or derrick having in connection therewith a spreader, lift or carrier, by which apparatus various sheets of metal and other material…