Tampa Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. v. Thomas

This writ of error is to review a final judgment, awarding plaintiff $4500.00 damages, in an action for personal injuries.

Clarence H. Thomas filed his declaration, consisting of a first count and an amended second count, against the Tampa Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Both counts alleged matters of inducement in the same language. Both counts alleged that plaintiff was 39 years of age at the time of the accident, was a carpenter by trade, earning from $6.00 to $7.50 per day; that on December 12, 1934, plaintiff, as an employee of defendant and as a carpenter, was placed in the supervision…