Walsh v. Anderson

Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, respondent, through the alleged negligence of the defendant’s testator while the plaintiff was seated in a truck which was being loaded through the instrumentality of an excavating machine owned and operated by the said testator. A link in the chain by means of which the machine was operated broke while the loaded bucket was over the truck, causing the bucket to fall upon the truck’s load, injuring plaintiff. The issues were submitted to the jury, which returned a verdict in plaintiff’s favor, upon which verdict…