Brandenburg v. Weaver Manufacturing Co.

While using an automobile bumper jack to raise the front end of a Cadillac, plaintiff sustained serious injuries when the car slipped off the jack and fell on him. The trial court directed a verdict in favor of the defendant at the close of plaintiff’s evidence and entered judgment accordingly. Plaintiff’s thrust on this appeal is that the issue of defendant’s negligence and plaintiff’s due care are appropriately questions of fact for the jury.

The facts furnished little or no controversy. Plaintiff was a mechanic of 34 years’ experience in brake and front end alignment repairs. He had used…