Swift & Co. v. Schuster

The facts in this case are not in dispute. The plaintiff was in the employ of the United States as a meat inspector assigned to defendant’s packing plant at Ogden, Utah. For the purpose of performing his duties he had access to the entire plant but his principal duties confined him to what is known as the killing floor. He had been working there for a considerable length of time and his duties required him to be constantly on and off a platform *619twenty-three inches high. The floor of this room was necessarily wet and slippery 1 at all times and was a condition which was to be expected on the…