Henrie v. Rocky Mountain Packing Corp.

WOLFE, Justice.

Appeal by the defendant, a corporation, from a verdict and judgment of the Seventh District Court awarding plaintiff damages in an action for the wrongful death of his minor son. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the court below.

The deceased, a 16 year old boy, was electrocuted, when he attempted to operate a freight elevator owned and operated by defendant corporation as part of its canning plant at Manti, Utah. At the time of his death, decedent was employed by defendant as a filling machine operator in its plant.

The fundamental question involved in this…