Shaver v. J. Neils Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Benton county to recover $5,171 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Taylor, J., and a jury which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,500. From an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, it appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
This is an appeal by the defendant from the order of the district court of .the county of' Benton denying its motion for judgment or a new trial in a personal injury action, in which the plaintiff was given a verdict for $1,500. On August 29, 1907, the plaintiff was an employee of the defendant in its sawmill at Sauk Bapids, this state, *377and while he was operating a slab saw therein a piece of’ wood was thrown by the rapidly revolving saw, which struck him in his left eye and so injured it that .he lost the sight of that eye. It wras his claim on the trial, and is here, that his injury was the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rase v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Glockner v. Hardwood Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Johnson v. Atwood Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
3Cited by1 opinion
- Bertram v. Bemidji Brewing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1913