Hallworth v. Republic Steel Corp.

Four questions are raised on this appeal:

1. Was there sufficient evidence to justify submission to the jury of the question of a proximate causal relationship between decedent’s death and an injury arising out of his employment?

2. Did the court err in admitting in evidence three pages from a medical book?

3. If so, was that error prejudicial so as to justify reversal of the judgment for plaintiff?

4. If it was, was defendant’s motion for a new trial filed within the time required by law?

On March 11, 1943, decedent was employed as a rigger working on a damper in defendant’s plant. While so…