Watson v. Coxe Bros. Lumber Company

Mr. Associate Justice Baker

delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court:

This is an action by the respondent to recover from the appellant damages for personal injuries suffered by the respondent, an employee of the appellant, when the drive wheel of the appellant’s engine became detached from the shaft and struck the respondent, inflicting injuries that necessitated the amputation of a leg immediately below the knee.

The respondent alleges and the appellant denies that the injuries “were caused by the careless, negligent, wilful, reckless and wanton acts of the defendant” as set forth in the…