Greer v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Wright county to recover $35,000 for personal injuries. The complaint alleged plaintiff was twenty-five years of age, with little knowledge or experience with machinery, and was earning $52 per month at the time of the accident; that after the accident he was unable to do any kind of work, was permanently crippled and will never be able to do any work of value.
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Action in the district court for Wright county to recover $35,000 for personal injuries. The complaint alleged plaintiff was twenty-five years of age, with little knowledge or experience with machinery, and was earning $52 per month at the time of the accident; that after the accident he was unable to do any kind of work, was permanently crippled and will never be able to do any work of value. The ease was tried before Giddings, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $15,000. From an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a…
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
'While employed in operating defendant’s coal chute at Morris, Minnesota, September 21, 1909, plaintiff’s hand was caught in the clutch gear on the inside of the bull wheel and his arm was torn from the socket. The complaint charged that defendant was negligent in permitting the bull wheel and clutches to be out of repair, in failing to inspect the machinery, in failing to guard the clutches, in failing to instruct the plaintiff, and in failing to warn him of the dangers connected' with running the machinery. The answer pleaded the general denial, and the defense interposed at the trial was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Anderson v. FieldingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
3Cited by8 opinions
- Beckman v. SchroederSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1947
- Brown v. Murphy Transfer & Storage Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1933
- Moteberg v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1973
- Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1928
- Noe v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1926
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