Haga v. Cook

STRUTZ, Judge (On reassignment).

This is an appeal from an order denying the defendant’s motion for judgment not withstanding the verdict and from judgment entered for the plaintiff.

The plaintiff is a sixty-four-year-old man who had worked as a farm laborer for most of his adult life. Except for a short period spent as a worker in the shipyards during World War II, he had worked as such farm laborer for the entire period since coming from Norway more than thirty years ago.

The alleged cause of action arose while the plaintiff was working as a hired hand for the defendant, helping load grain…