Charters v. Industrial Works
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Bay; Collins, J. Case by Judson S. Charters against the Industrial Works, a corporation, for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
This is a personal injury case involving two separate and distinct injuries. The alleged injuries occurred more than a year apart, and had no connection with each other, so that the case presents practically two cases in one. The negligence charged relating to the first injury was the furnishing of an improper lantern to the plaintiff by the defendant; while the negligence charged relating to the second injury was the employment and retention of an incompetent, careless, and reckless fellow-servant, to wit, an engineer.
The first injury is alleged to have occurred on, to wit, November 11,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Wight v. Michigan Central RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
- Lukovski v. Michigan Central RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1911
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