Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit February 16, 1970, 19518 (Charles M. Baker v. Pidgeon Thomas Company and Allen & Hoshall, Engineers)

McCREE, Circuit Judge.

Charles Baker was operating a backhoe (a tractor-type vehicle with a rear-mounted scoop used for excavating and shoveling) on a construction project in West Memphis, Arkansas, when a steel joist forty feet in length fell from a twenty-four foot high steel column and struck his back. His spine was shattered, and he is now a paraplegic. He collected $33,330.