Hirsch v. Bayne
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $20,-000 for personal injuries sustained while in defendants’ employ as an iron worker. The facts are stated in the opinion.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $20,-000 for personal injuries sustained while in defendants’ employ as an iron worker. The facts are stated in the opinion. The complaint alleged that the injuries to plaintiff were caused solely by the negligence of defendants in ordering McCrea away from the post of duty without notice or warning to plaintiff, by their failure to establish rules for the conduct of the work and to adopt a reasonably safe plan for doing it. The reply was a general denied. The case was tried before Booth, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
On November 6, 1908, the plaintiff was in the employ of the de*69fendants, who were then engaged in erecting a bridge across the Mississippi river at Fort Snelling. While at work on the false work of the bridge, he fell to the ground, some eighty feet below, whereby he was seriously injured. He brought this action in the district court of the county of Hennepin against the defendants to recover damages for his injuries, on the ground that his fall was caused by the negligence of the defendants. The answer denied any negligence on the part of the defendants, and alleged that the plaintiff was…
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