Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Coleman

MONTEITH, Chief Justice.

This action was brought by Thomas Coleman as plaintiff, for recovery of damages alleged to have been sustained by him as a result of the common-law negligence of appellant, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, which resulted in a hernia.

Appellee alleged that appellant was negligent in failing to furnish him a reasonably safe place to work. He alleged that he was injured while loading crates of eggs from a stack of egg crates on the concrete floor of the cooler room; that while lifting a crate of eggs he lost his balance and his feet slipped about one-half of a…