Grubbs v. Long-Lewis Hardware Company

MADDOX, Justice.

Plaintiff, Thaddeus Grubbs, filed suit against the defendant (appellee here) claiming $500,000 as damages, alleging that the defendant negligently failed to provide plaintiff with a reasonably safe place to work and perform his duties, but to the contrary, provided him with a place to work where he was forced to inhale or become exposed to carbon monoxide gas and chemical fumes dangerous and deleterious to human health, and as a proximate consequence of said negligence, plaintiff was permanently injured.

Plaintiff worked as a tune-up man in defendant’s ' automobile repair shop.…