Legal Opinion

Drew v. Industrial Commission

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided April 17, 1940No. 27862PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.

The sole question is whether there was evidence which warranted the trial court in submitting the case to the jury.

Plaintiff adduced evidence showing the following: On September 1, 1936, while employed as a night watchman by the Webster Manufacturing Company in its plant at Tiffin, Ohio, and engaged in making his round about nine-thirty in the evening, during which he was required to punch key clocks, he stumbled over a press handle which extended about six inches from the floor and was thrown four or five feet against a steel stairway sustaining injury so that he became unconscious and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Kuhn v. BankerOhio Supreme Court · 1938

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. General Motors Corporation v. FreemanSupreme Court of Delaware · 1960
  2. Shumaker v. Oliver B. Cannon & Sons, Inc.Ohio Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Rose v. John Deere Ottumwa WorksSupreme Court of Iowa · 1956
  4. Drakulich v. Industrial CommissionOhio Supreme Court · 1940
  5. Brandt v. Mansfield Rapid Transit, Inc.Ohio Supreme Court · 1950

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