Sherman v. Flint Spring Water Ice Co.

George Sherman was employed by defendant ice company in January, 1924, to assist in harvesting ice. His duty was to push cakes of ice, 18 feet square, through a 20-foot channel, up to the saws where they were cut into smaller cakes. He did this by means of a pike pole. Planks were laid upon the edge of the channel for the men to walk on. 'While inserting his pike pole into one of the large cakes the ice gave away at the point of insertion and caused him to lose his balance. In order to save himself he threw his right hand forward and it went into the water far enough to wet the mitten which…