Berger v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order .of the district court for Bam-sey county, Kelly, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after a verdict . of $5,000 for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
This is an action for a personal injury, occurring, as is alleged, through the negligence of defendant, while plaintiff, in its employment, was working with a machine called a “roller.” He was at work in its boiler-making shop, and was set by the foreman to straighten out pieces of old smoke-stacks, which was done by run-them through the machine, in doing which his fingers were caught in the rollers of the machine, and crushed. The negligence alleged is —First, in placing plaintiff at work which was too advanced for him; second, in not properly instructing him in such work; and, third, in…
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- Lee v. St. Louis, Memphis & Southeastern RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1905
- Stager v. Troy Laundry Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1901
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