Pearson v. Rogers Galvanizing Co.

Dowell, P, J.

— Appellant, the plaintiff below, sought to recover damages for pain and mental anguish alleged to have resulted from personal injuries incurred while in the employ of appellee and “while acting in the scope and in furtherance of his employment.”

The complaint, by first paragraph, declared upon negligence on, the part of appellee founded upon its failure to provide a safety device for an overhead traveling chain hoist which left its track and dropped upon appellant, fracturing his skull. The second paragraph of complaint differed from the first only in the respect that it charged…