Watson v. EMP. INS. CO. OF WAUSAU

Plaintiff’s decedent, a press operator at Molloy Manufacturing, was fatally injured when a piece of fractured metal shot out from an unguarded press, piercing his chest. Plaintiff widow sued defendant workmen’s compensation insurance carrier as a third-party tortfeasor. MCLA 418.827; MSA 17.237(827). She alleged that defendant’s negligent safety inspection proximately caused her husband’s death.

Plaintiff claims the trial court erred in directing a verdict of no cause for action in favor of defendant at the close of plaintiff’s case. Plaintiff’s case consisted of defendant’s safety…