Rakowski v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.

The dispositive issue raised by plaintiff's appeal is whether the trial court erred in directing a verdict in favor of defendant.

Plaintiff, Matilda Rakowski, was twenty-five years of age at the time of her employment by defendant corporation to fluoroscope rubber beltings to determine if there were any defects therein. The X-ray department, where she was employed, consisted of two rooms, one wherein the fluoroscopic X-ray machine was located and an adjacent room where she operated it. The rubber belts were placed on pulleys in the room where the fluoroscopic machine was located, outside of…