Stone v. Goodman

On April 30,. 1931, the plaintiff suffered an injury in the course of his employment through a fall from a scaffold, by striking an iron bar which lay across a vat beneath. In falling he straddled the bar with his legs, struck his stomach on the edge of the vat and received severe injuries, from which he suffered pains in the abdomen.

The defendant Brunswick Radio Corporation, his employer, sent him to the office of a Dr. Russell. When the plaintiff reached that office, because of the absence of Dr. Russell, he was examined by another doctor. Later, however, Dr. Russell examined him and found…