Hagen v. American Machine & Foundry Co.

This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff, an electrician employed by the Weld Wire Company, by reason of the negligent starting, by an alleged employee of the defendant, of a certain machine manufactured by the defendant for the Weld Wire Company. By reason of the negligent starting plaintiff’s hands were drawn into the gears of the machine, which was at that time undergoing tests by the defendant and upon which at the same time the wire company, plaintiff’s employer, was doing electrical work. Implicit in the jury’s verdict for $5,000 in favor of…