Glockner v. Hardwood Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Hennepin county to recover $20,-000 for personal injuries sustained while feeding a printing press in defendant’s factory.
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Action in tbe district court for Hennepin county to recover $20,-000 for personal injuries sustained while feeding a printing press in defendant’s factory. The negligence charged was that the cylinders, which were operated at a high and dangerous rate of speed and were extremely dangerous, as defendant well knew, were not guarded in any way, although it was perfectly practicable to have done so; that the so-called belt shifter, consisting of levers, shafts, rods, pulleys and other apparatus, provided with said press was in a defective and dangerous condition; that certain belts and shafting…
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Respondent was employed in appellant’s factory as a feeder at a printing press, and was engaged in feeding flour sacks, or sheets, into the press, when for some reason her left hand was caught and crushed between the cylinders, necessitating amputation at the wrist. She recovered a verdict of $10,000, based upon the ground that appellant was negligent in failing to maintain a proper guard in front of the cylinders. Appellant concedes there was no guard, but claims there was no evidence tending to show that appellant was guilty of negligence in failing to maintain a guard, that the court erred…
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- Tvedt v. WheelerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Christianson v. Northwestern Compo-Board Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
- Anderson v. C. N. Nelson Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Hess v. Adamant Manufacturing Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Davidson v. Flour City Ornamental Iron WorksSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Suess v. Arrowhead Steel Products Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1930
- Hillstrom v. Mannheimer Bros.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
- Snyder v. Waldorf Box Board Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- Phillips v. Hamilton Brown Shoe Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1914
- Brown v. Douglas Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
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