Pate v. General Electric Co.

Plaintiff was injured while engaged in extra-hazardous work. No report of the accident was made to the state department of labor and industries. No claim was filed by plaintiff, nor by anyone in his behalf, for benefits under the workmen’s compensation act. Plaintiff, in his brief, describes his action against defendant employers as follows:

“This is not an action against an employer for injuries received in extra-hazardous employment. Instead, this is an action against the defendants because their employee physicians utterly failed to fulfill their statutory duty to inform the injured workman…