Thacker v. Klotz

The defendant, Alexander H. Klotz, of Fredericksburg, dismantles cars and sells their parts for what they will bring. The plaintiff, Robert H. Thacker, worked for him, and on November 12, 1937, while undertaking to detach a rear wheel from a Model A Ford, was struck by a splinter of steel and blinded in his left eye. In compensation he obtained a verdict of $1,000. That the trial court set aside and entered final judgment for the defendant.

Thacker had worked with Klotz for about three years. He had been a farm laborer; he had driven an automobile; he had worked in a nursery; he had dug…