Calumet v. Gardner
Arizona Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the County of Cochise. Alfred C. Lockwood, Judge. STATEMENT OF FACTS. Jesse Gardner was killed about 3 o’clock in the morning of July 11, 1917, by coming in contact with an electric current. At the time of the accident he was working for defendant in its smelter at Douglas, Arizona, in the capacity of converter skimmer.
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APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the County of Cochise. Alfred C. Lockwood, Judge. STATEMENT OF FACTS. Jesse Gardner was killed about 3 o’clock in the morning of July 11, 1917, by coming in contact with an electric current. At the time of the accident he was working for defendant in its smelter at Douglas, Arizona, in the capacity of converter skimmer. His duties were to raise and lower the converters, and skim off the slag, and pour the copper from the converter into the mould. These things were performed with machinery operated by electric power. The current used for this…
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, J.
(After Stating the Facts as Above.)— Plaintiff, as the father of deceased, seeks to recover damages under the provisions of chapter 6, title 14, Civil Code. The allegations of the complaint as to the duties of deceased and the manner of the happening of the accident in which he lost his life are in *211accord with the statement of facts above set forth. The defendant’s answer, or at least the parts material to the questions raised, consists of a general denial and a plea that the death of the deceased was caused by his own negligence. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of…
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