Pioneer Fireproof Construction Co. v. Howell
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County: the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
The appellee was a tile setter, and worked for the appellant in the construction of a ten-story fire-proof building. While so at work, a red-hot iron rivet which was being tossed by one riveter to another on the floor or story above that on which appellee was at work, was missed by the catcher and fell upon appellee’s head, inflicting the injury on account of which this suit was brought. The trial resulted™ averdict and judgment for §1,000 in appellee’s favor.
It was admitted, at the trial, that the work upon the superstructure in this class of buildings is usually performed in the following…
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