Stanislaus v. Parmalee Industries, Inc.

PRITCHARD, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was working on the assembly line for Allis-Chalmers Corporation when, on June 27, 1979, a flying object struck his safety glasses, which shattered, and a shard lodged in his left eye, causing injury and permanent vision impairment. The original suit for negligence by appellant included Allis-Chalmers, but the trial court sustained a motion for summary judgment for it upon the ground that appellant’s exclusive remedy was under Chapter 287, RSMo 1978, the Workers’ Compensation Act. That judgment was not appealed.

Then appellant filed his first amended…