Katcher v. Heidenwirth

— On November 9, 1959, Paul M. Katcher, a railroad section laborer, brought an action against the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, hereinafter called the company, and Max R. Heidenwirth, doing business as Greene Farm and Agricultural Company, hereinafter referred to as Heidenwirth, for damages of $100,000 for personal injuries sustained on February 11, 1959, when the box of a dump truck operated by Heidenwirth’s employee Howard Clapham was lowered upon plaintiff while he was in the act of pounding loose sticking snow from the truck box. The plaintiff alleged that under the…