Legal Opinion
Scharf, Admx. v. Gardner Cartage Co.
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided June 8, 1953No. 22639PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHurd, P. J.
This is an action in tort for wrongful death, appealed here on questions of law from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of CuyahogaCounty, rendered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $75,000.
The accident occurred on December 9, 1949, on the premises of The National Tube Company at Lorain, Ohio. It was due to the sudden collapse of a boom section attached to a 20-ton moto-erane, the property of defendant (herein called Gardner), which, in falling, struck plaintiff’s decedent on the head, causing instant death.
At the time of the accident, plaintiff’s decedent was an iron…
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