Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-11-08 | Page 3 | Loss of an Eye is Basis of a Big Damage Suit

LOSS OF AN EKE IS' BASIS OF A DIG DAMAGE SUIT Claiming to have lost the sight of his left eye while In the employment of the defendant company, Frank Spa-taro Spa-taro has commenced suit in tho district dis-trict court against the Union Pacific company et al for $10,100 damages. The plaintiff alleges that-on Au gust 4. 1015, while cutting a steel rail with a chisel, a small particle of the steel flew into his left eye, injuring in-juring it so badly that It had to be removed and a glass eye substituted. The contention Is that tho chisel used was dull and Inferior, so that the work required by the plaintiff and his co-workers could not be done properly. prop-erly. Mr. Spataro was a section hand and was at work at a point near Green River. Wyo , when the accident happened. oo-