United Verde Extension Mining Co. v. Koso
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Arizona; William H. Sawtelle, Judge. Action by Mike Koso against the United Verde Extension Mining Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. Mike Koso, defendant in error here, brought action under the Arizona Employers’ Liability Law (Civ.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Arizona; William H. Sawtelle, Judge. Action by Mike Koso against the United Verde Extension Mining Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. Mike Koso, defendant in error here, brought action under the Arizona Employers’ Liability Law (Civ. Code 1913, §§ 3153-3179) and recovered judgment against the United Verde Extension Mining Company for injuries received during his employment in the mine of that company. The only testimony offered by Koso as to the accident was his own. He said that he had had 18…
1Opinion of the CourtHunt, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] It is argued that there was no evidence tending to show that plaintiff was not negligent, or that his negligence did not cause the accident. The Employers’ Liability Act of Arizona (chapter 6, title 14, Revised Statutes of Arizona of 1913, §■ 3154) provides that, to protect the safey of an employee in mining, the employer shall be liable for the injury—
"caused by aujf accident due to a condition or conditions of such occupation, * * * in all casos in which such death or injury of such employee shall not have been caused by the negligence of the employee…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad v. PutnamSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Calumet & Arizona Mining Co. v. ChambersArizona Supreme Court · 1918
- Richmond & Danville Railroad v. GarnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
- Copper River & N. W. Ry. Co. v. ReederCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1914
- Wilkins v. City of FlintMichigan Supreme Court · 1901
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- United Verde Extension Mining Co. v. LittlejohnCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1922
- Giles v. Chicago Great Western Ry. Co.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1947
- Forman State Trust & Savings Bank v. WegmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1933
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