Hale v. Electric Steel Foundry Co.

Action to recover damages for personal injuries. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals.

REVERSED AND REMANDED. Plaintiff was employed as a laborer by defendant from about January 20, 1945 to and including March 12, 1945. On March 12, 1945, beginning at 5 A.M., plaintiff was working as a helper in loading one of defendant's electric furnaces and about noon of the last named date, while attempting to prevent a piece of metal weighing approximately 100 pounds from falling off of the part of the loading device, known as a spoon, on to plaintiff's foot, plaintiff sustained the…