Wagner v. City of Duluth

Hilton, Justice.

Dewey Wagner, a WPA worker, was fatally injured on July 19, 1939, when he was struck by a piece of pavement which slid into the ditch where he was working to remove rock and debris present there as a result of blasting operations conducted by defendant, city of Duluth. That city, in association with the Works Progress Administration, was engaged in a city-wide project to remodel and alter the gas and water mains. The blasting operations, however, were the separate responsibility of the city. Though employed by WPA, decedent was properly helping defendant’s employes with the…