Legal Opinion

Knight v. Swift and Company

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided September 12, 1960No. 47208PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Appellant has appealed from a judgment entered pursuant to jury verdict in the amount of $10,000 for personal injuries resulting from a fall by respondent in its packing plant in National City, Illinois.

Respondent was what is known as a “federal meat inspector” employed by the United States Department of Agriculture and was assigned to inspect meat at appellant’s plant. On January 21, 1957, the day respondent was injured, he was working on the third floor of appellant’s plant in East St. Louis in what he described as “the pork offal department.” In the performance of…

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2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Geraghty v. Burr Oak Lanes, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1955
  2. Harbourn v. Katz Drug CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1958
  3. Dixon v. General Grocery CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
  4. Altepeter v. Virgil State BankAppellate Court of Illinois · 1952
  5. Holsman v. Darling State Street Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1955

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. White v. SmithMissouri Court of Appeals · 1969
  2. Domijan v. HarpSupreme Court of Missouri · 1960
  3. Nussbaum v. Kansas City Stock Yards Co. of MaineSupreme Court of Missouri · 1962
  4. Condos v. Associated Transports, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1970
  5. Hodges v. JohnsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1967

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