McCreery v. Libby-Owens-Ford Glass Co.

By his complaint in the circuit court of Cook county, plaintiff, appellant here, sought to recover damages from the defendant, appellee here, alleged to have resulted in his becoming affected with an occupational disease known as pneumonoconiosis. He alleged that the defendant was engaged in the production of glass and similar products which was, in various processes of manufacture, productive of dust of such a character as to be harmful to human beings. His complaint does not allege the length of time, but states in general terms that “for a considerable length of time he worked in that…