Kansas City Stock Yards Co. v. A. Reich & Sons, 250 S.W.2d 692 (1952)
- Citation
- Kansas City Stock Yards Co. v. A. Reich & Sons, 250 S.W.2d 692 (1952)
- Parent Document
- Kansas City Stock Yards Co. v. A. Reich & Sons, 250 S.W.2d 692 (1952)
- Jurisdiction
- Missouri (state)
- Effective Date
- 1952-07-14
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- Kansas City Stock Yards Co. v. A. Reich & Sons, 250 S.W.2d 692 (1952)
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Full Text
2,553 charsDefendant's evidence showed that there were three men working in the garage the night of the fire, John C. Pearman, the foreman, William V. Emert, the welder and Curtis Tompkins, a helper. Emert was using an electric welder with 220 volts of electricity. Defendant's evidence further showed that the welding process did not start on the right hand side at the cab, that the first two welded connections had not broken, but that it was two or three feet from the cab to the one they first began to weld. Grease and dirt were removed from the places to be welded and an inspection showed no leaks of oil or gasoline. Emert, an experienced welder, proceeded welding as he went down the right hand side of the body of the truck, around the end and up the left hand side and had arrived at a point between the two sets of rear wheels when the fire occurred. The welding implement and the fire from it were 8 or 10 feet from the cab. Emert was down underneath the truck with his back turned toward the cab. He was between the sparks caused by the electric welder and the gasoline tank located under the seat. This tank was completely protected by the steel cab except the bottom of it, which was open. Between the place he was welding and the cab, extending across from the two sills of the chassis were two wide steel plates, one of them solid and the other having a hole in it for the drive line or transmission shaft. It was about an hour from the time the first plate on the right hand side had been welded and the breaking out of the fire. The supplementary gasoline tank had been covered and properly protected while welding near it and it was contended by defendant that the cab, itself, was sufficient protection for the tank under the seat. Defendant's evidence showed that the method used and the precautions taken in the welding were customary and proper. While welding on the right side of the body of the truck near the auxiliary tank, in addition to covering the top and ends of the tank with sheets of Masonite, Curtis Tompkins was required to stand there with a fire extinguisher ready *697 to put out any blaze that might occur. After the welder moved on and away from the supplementary tank, Tompkins left the fire extinguisher handy and was doing some other work on another truck by the side of the truck upon which the welder was working. There were also other fire extinguishers of various kinds on the premises and when the fire was discovered, two of them, properly working, were put into action but were insufficient to stop the blaze.