Hamann v. Milwaukee Bridge Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: WaeeeN D. TaeeaNt, Circuit Judge. This action, considered upon a first appeal and reported in 127 Wis. 550, 106 N. W. 1081, was tried a second time, the narrative of conditions and events being substantially similar to that previously described.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: WaeeeN D. TaeeaNt, Circuit Judge. This action, considered upon a first appeal and reported in 127 Wis. 550, 106 N. W. 1081, was tried a second time, the narrative of conditions and events being substantially similar to that previously described. The measurements and dimensions of the machine were more accurate, locating the center •of gravity upon the longitudinal center and at a height of thirty-four inches above the base and about thirty-two inches from the rear and higher end of the machine as it descended the skids. Its…
1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.
The appellant first contends that there was no1 evidence from which the jury could find that the method adopted for lowering the machine in question was not reasonably safe. It supports such contention almost entirely upon the ground that plaintiff failed to prove that the general custom of doing such work among other manufacturers was discordant from the method adopted by the defendant. Such failure might be conceded arguendo, and still appellant’s main contention fail to result. When the facts are made known to a jury, and especially when it is proved that there is a feasible safer method…
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