Strepanski v. Grand Rapids Plaster Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kent; Perkins, J. Case by Andrew Strepanski against the Grand Rapids Plaster Company for personal injuries. A judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court is reviewed by plaintiff on writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The defendant is engaged in the business of mining gypsum and preparing and placing its various products upon the market. The plaintiff has been at work in the mine more than 25 years. At the time he was injured he had been a breaker for more than six months. While breaking and loading gypsum into a car, a piece broke off from a large rock and fell .upon his leg and ankle, injuring them very severely. It is his claim that the defendant was negligent in not having the place where plaintiff was at work properly lighted so he could have seen the crack in the rock, and thus have avoided the…
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