Thompson
Thompson v. Cal. Construction Co.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Van Dyke, J.
—This was an action by an employee against the employer for damages on account of personal injuries received in a rock quarry in the possession and control of the defendant at the time of the injury. The verdict went for the plaintiff, and the defendant moved for a new trial upon various grounds assigned in his notice of motion therefor. The court below granted a new trial, and in doing so entered the following order: “Defendant’s motion for a new trial is hereby granted upon the following specified ground, and upon no other, to wit: The court erred in instructing the jury as follows: ‘It is the duty of the employer to furnish an employee with a reasonably safe place in which to do any work the employer shall require of the employee, and to keep that place reasonably safe, and the employee has the right to assume that the employer has performed that duty, and the employee is not required to use any degree of care or diligence to discover danger to which he shall be exposed by reason of the failure of his employer to do his duty, and the employee shall be held to have assumed the risk only when he knew, and will be held to have known only when the danger was so obvious that he must…
Addendum
Angellotti, J.
I concur in the judgment upon the ground that the court erred in denying defendant’s motion for a nonsuit, and also concur in what is said in the opinion upon that point.
Hearing in Bank denied.