Crist, Inc. v. Whitacre

While working as a farm laborer Paul R. Whitacre was injured, losing the sight of an eye. He sued under the Employers’ Liability Act,1 obtaining a verdict and judgment of $15,000.00 from which his employer, Crist, Inc., and the employer’s president, John Crist, have appealed.

Crist, Inc., was in the business of warehousing truck accessories and safety equipment, and, through its president, John Crist, also operated a farm near Hartford City. Paul Whitacre, age 28, had been working at Overhead Door approximately five and one-half years, doing carpentry work in a limited sense when Mr. Crist…