Andrews v. Insurance Co. of North America

Plaintiff Mary Ann Andrews (hereinafter, references to "plaintiff” will mean this plaintiff, as the claim of Thomas Andrews is derivative) began work for Zenith Industrial Corporation (hereinafter designated as "Zenith”) in September, 1968. Zenith was a small machine shop operation, and plaintiff had never done this type of work previously. About 20 persons worked at the shop and job assignments were given to them by the foreman on an ad hoc basis, each morning. No safety instructions were ever given to the workers.

On September 28, 1968, plaintiff was assigned to operate a large stamping…