Hagar Ex Rel. Hagar v. Red Band Co.

On 12 August, 1931, Max E. Hagar, the eleven-year-old son of C. E. Hagar, while passing a truck owned by the defendant, Red Band Company, Incorporated, and standing on a highway in the town of Thomasville, N. C., was struck in the left eye by a small piece of metal, with the result that his eye was painfully and seriously injured. It was subsequently removed by a surgeon to whom he was taken for treatment. The injuries suffered by Max E. Hagar, are permanent. His father, C. E. Hagar, was required to pay out large sums of money for medical and surgical treatment of his son’s injuries. Both…