Lillis v. Beaver Dam Woolen Mills
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dodge county: Maetiet L. Lueck, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover damages for the loss of a hand, which was so mangled as to require its amputation, the injury having been received while the plaintiff was engaged in removing some clogging material from a mixing picker, a machine operated by him for the defendant in its mill.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dodge county: Maetiet L. Lueck, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover damages for the loss of a hand, which was so mangled as to require its amputation, the injury having been received while the plaintiff was engaged in removing some clogging material from a mixing picker, a machine operated by him for the defendant in its mill. The material to be run through the machine is placed upon a feed apron, which was an endless belt of slats about four feet wide. The material is carried forward by the apron into a series of feed rollers, which…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebeckeb, J.
The plaintiff seeks recovery upon the ground of defendant’s negligence. It is not clear from the record upon what ground of negligence the case was submitted to the jury by the court The court submitted an inquiry as to whether the machine as located at the time and place of the accident was reasonably safe for the plaintiff to *133perform his services, and instructed the jury that they must determine from the evidence whether it was a reasonably safe machine. The question and instructions do not specify wherein the defendant is charged to have been negligent or what is claimed to have made this…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Larsson v. McClureWisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
- Fleming v. Northern Tissue Paper MillWisconsin Supreme Court · 1908
- Holt v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1896
- Osborne v. Lehigh Valley Coal Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
- Montanye v. Northern Electrical Manfacturing Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
3Cited by6 opinions
- Koehler v. Thiensville State BankWisconsin Supreme Court · 1944
- Wawrzyniakowski v. Hoffman & Billings Manufacturing Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1911
- Kalman v. PieperWisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
- Korn v. Pfister & Vogel Leather Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1911
- Matsumoto v. Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1948
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