Menhardt v. Midland Ice & Cold Storage Co.

Defendant appeals from a judgment for $2500' obtained against it by plaintiff for an injury to Ms left hand received while in the employ of defendant on July 16, 1909, at defendant’s ice plant in Kansas City, Missouri. At the time of his injury plaintiff was working at night in a room where ice is frozen. The floor of the room is composed of small lids which fit side by side over the openings where the freezing cans or ice moulds are let down, and subjected to freezing process. They are about four feet high and when filled weigh about 380 pounds each. To lift a can out of the freezer a…