Jungnitsch v. Michigan Malleable Iron Co.

The defendant is a corporation operating a foundry and engaged in the manufacture of iron. The molding room is large, and contains 72 floors, each of which is in charge of a molder, with a shifter under him. Plaintiff was about 18 years of age, and had been in the employ of the company for a year and a half. Most of that time he had worked in the trimming room and as shifter. About three weeks before the accident he was employed as a molder at his own and his father’s request, his father being an old and experienced molder. Plaintiff was properly instructed in his duties, and had performed…