Employers Casualty Co. v. Langston

NORVELL, Justice.

On January 5, 1947, O. L. Langston, an employee of Liberty Mills, San Antonio, Texas, boarded a man-lift which consisted of a wide belt to which platforms and hand-holds were affixed at intervals. In using this lift, the passenger stands .on the platform and holds onto the hand-holds while ascending or descending. Langston was riding the ascending side of the man-lift when the mechanism failed, causing the belt to reverse and throw him through the well or shaft provided for the movement of the belt onto a concrete floor three stories below, causing fatal injuries. The…