Rauch v. McDonnell Aircraft Corp.

RUDDY, Presiding Judge.-

This is an action brought by plaintiff (respondent) Edmund Rauch, against defendants (appellants) McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and W. H. Wermuth, its employee, for damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when an object known as a fixture was caused to drop on plaintiff’s foot. A trial in the Circuit Court resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff and against both defendants in the sum of $3,000. Both defendants have appealed.

Plaintiff’s petition alleged that he was an invitee on the premises of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and that while…