Vrelenich v. Calumet & Hecla Mining Co.

While an employee in defendant’s mine, plaintiff sustained two distinct physical injuries in accidents occurring at different times and places. This action was brought to recover damages for both injuries, each being distinctly charged in a separate count of his declaration. The earliest injury, charged in the first count, occurred February 18, 1909, at which time a falling tram car broke plaintiff’s left leg below the knee. On July 24, 1911, while working as a timberman on the fiftieth level of No. 4 shaft in defendant’s mine, a fall of rock from the hanging wall bruised his shoulder and…