Pinkerton v. Wisconsin Steel Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county against Wisconsin Steel Company, James A. Sinclair and Neis Peterson, for the benefit of plaintiff’s son, to recover $20,000 damages for injuries to that son. The complaint alleged that the son was seventeen years of age, inexperienced in the work to which he was assigned, was not given any directions with reference to his work as a brakeman, and that the injury was due entirely to the negligence of defendants.
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Action in the district court for St. Louis county against Wisconsin Steel Company, James A. Sinclair and Neis Peterson, for the benefit of plaintiff’s son, to recover $20,000 damages for injuries to that son. The complaint alleged that the son was seventeen years of age, inexperienced in the work to which he was assigned, was not given any directions with reference to his work as a brakeman, and that the injury was due entirely to the negligence of defendants. Defendants answered jointly denying their negligence. The case was tried before Dibell, J., and a jury which returned a verdict for…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Plaintiff brought this action on behalf of his minor son for injuries sustained by the son while in the employ of defendant steel company in the capacity of brakeman on one of its mining trains. The injury sustained was a crushed hand, received while the young man was engaged in coupling cars, and by reason, as plaintiff allegesj of the negligence of defendants. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, assessing his damages at the sum of $2,000, whereupon plaintiff moved for a new trial on the ground that the verdict “was entirely inadequate as compensation for the injuries sustained by…
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- Kipp v. ClingerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- Alton v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Holland v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
- Johnson v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
- Schmidt v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
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