STEW PAN FELL ON HIS HEAD. ~ Now Herman Smith Sues Former Employer for $15,000.

December 5, 1909
STEW PAN FELL ON HIS HEAD.

Now Herman Smith Sues Former
Employer for $15,000.

A fractured skull caused by a blow on the head with a steel stew pan resulted in the filing of a $15,000 damage suit yesterday in the circuit court by Herman Smith against the Household Fair store.

Smith was employed at the Household Fair to run the elevator. On November 8, while engaged in his regular duties, a stew pan became dislodged from a shelf. It clattered down two or three stories through the elevator shaft, striking Smith on the top of the head.