Illinois Steel Co. v. Delac

This was an action on the case brought by appellee, an employee of appellant, in the circuit court of Will county, to recover damages for a personal injury received by him while assisting in removing a “bosh plate” from the wall of a blast furnace in the plant of appellant, located at Joliet, the gist of the action, as laid in the declaration, being the negligence of appellant, through its foreman, in ordering the removal of said plate before the blast had been taken off of the furnace, thereby allowing a stream of fire, coke and gas to escape through the opening made by its removal, which…