Johns-Manville, Inc. v. Pocker

BOOTH, Circuit Judge.

This is a writ of error to a judgment in damages after verdict in favor of defendant in error, plaintiff below, in a personal injury suit. The case was originally commenced in the state circuit *205court of Jackson county, Missouri, but was removed on the ground of diversity of citizenship and requisite amount involved. Undisputed facts are as follows:

Plaintiff was in the employ of defendant and at the time of the accident was engaged in putting an asbestos covering over steam pipes in the plant of the Springfield Gas & Electric Company in Springfield, Mo. While at his work,…