Masonite Corp. v. Lochridge

Appellee brought this action against appellant in the circuit court of Jones county to recover damages for an injury received by him while in the employ of appellant, alleged to have been caused by appellant's negligence in failing to furnish appellee a reasonably safe place to work, and in furnishing him a defective electric switch to install. He recovered a judgment in the sum of twenty thousand dollars. From that judgment appellant prosecutes this appeal.

Appellee received into his body, while in the performance of his duties as an employee of appellant, an electric current which seriously…