Engler v. La Crosse Dredging Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Winona county to recover $15,000' damages for personal injuries sustained by the fall -of buckets attached to a ditching machine while plaintiff was in defendant’s employ. The case was tried before Snow, J., and a jury. At the conclusion of the testimony defendant moved for a directed verdict in its favor.
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Action in the district court for Winona county to recover $15,000' damages for personal injuries sustained by the fall -of buckets attached to a ditching machine while plaintiff was in defendant’s employ. The case was tried before Snow, J., and a jury. At the conclusion of the testimony defendant moved for a directed verdict in its favor. The motion was denied and the following questions were submitted to the jury, to which it made the answers given respectively therewith. 1. Was the defendant guilty of negligence in originally adopting and putting into use the braking apparatus described in…
1Opinion of the CourtJjEWIS, J.
Appellant was operating a ditching machine, known as a “Jacobs Steel Excavator,” and respondent, while employed in making repairs on it, was seriously injured by the falling of the buckets. A detailed description of the machine may be found in the record, but for the purposes of this appeal we shall not attempt any more than a general *77description. The machine rested upon trucks which ran on rails, and at the front of it were two steel arms extending out at right angles about 45°, upon which the buckets were carried. The same engine which operated the buckets also operated the traction part,…
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