Nelms v. Allied Mills Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the Allied Mills Company in a personal injury action. We affirm.

Wayne Nelms raised broiler chickens from chicks to seven to eight weeks of age under contract with Allied Mills. When the chickens were seven to eight weeks old, Allied Mills would send a crew to Nelms' farm to catch the chickens and place them in coops. These coops were then stacked on a pallet and placed in the hauling truck by a forklift. The forklift was brought to the farm on a loader truck and unloaded using two loader ramps.

On the night of July 21, 1976, a crew came to load the…