Julius Welch v. Dearborn MacHinery Movers Company, Incorporated, a Michigan Corporation

This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon verdict of the jury in an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by the Appellant at the Plymouth Engine Plant of the Chrysler Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, where appellant was employed by the F. H. Martin Construction Company in the installation of a sewer line. Appellant’s injuries allegedly resulted from negligence of the Appellee in the handling of a heavy steel plate, referred to as a “skid plate”, which was permitted to fall upon the appellant’s left leg.

Question is made on this appeal with respect to the admission of…