Case Name: WIETHOFF v. SHEDDEN CARTAGE CO.
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1905-12-15
Citations: 142 Mich. 264
Docket Number: Docket No. 2
Parties: WIETHOFF v. SHEDDEN CARTAGE CO.
Judges: .Moore, C. J., and Carpenter, Grant, and Montgomery, JJ., concurred.
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 142
Pages: 264–264

Head Matter:
WIETHOFF v. SHEDDEN CARTAGE CO.
Negligence — Personal Injury — Action— Evidence — Sufficiency.
In an action for an injury caused by plaintiff being crushed by a huge iron bed plate under which he attempted to walk while it was suspended from a pair of shears made from poles standing within a few feet of him, evidence examined, and held, that the verdict is so contrary to the weight of the evidence as to require reversal.
Error to Wayne; Mandell, J.
Submitted October 3, 1905.
(Docket No. 2.)
Decided December 15, 1905.
Case by Anthony B. Wiethoff against the Shedden Cartage Company, Limited, and the American Radiator Company for personal injuries. There was judgment for plaintiff against the Shedden Cartage Company, and it brings error.
Reversed.
L. O. Stanley (Harrison Geer, of counsel), for appellant.
Washington I. Robinson, for appellee.

Opinion:
Hooker, J.
The defendant in error recovered a verdict of $13,000 for an injury suffered by being crushed by an iron bed plate 34 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 6 inches thick, which he attempted to walk under while it was suspended from a pair of shears, made from telephone or similar poles, standing within a few feet of him.
We are agreed that this verdict is so plainly contrary to the weight of evidence that we concur in the reversal of the judgment without discussion of other questions.
The judgment is reversed, and a new trial ordered.
.Moore, C. J., and Carpenter, Grant, and Montgomery, JJ., concurred.