Hansen v. Duluth & Iron Range Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Lake county to recover $15,000 for personal injuries while in the employ of defendant. The answer alleged that the injuries were caused by the negligence of plaintiff and he assumed the risks and dangers he encountered at the time of the accident.
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Action in the district court for Lake county to recover $15,000 for personal injuries while in the employ of defendant. The answer alleged that the injuries were caused by the negligence of plaintiff and he assumed the risks and dangers he encountered at the time of the accident. The case was tried before Freeman, J., who when plaintiff rested granted defendant’s motion for a directed verdict on the grounds that no negligence of defendant had been shown; that no negligence of defendant had been shown causing proximately the accident to plaintiff; that it affirmatively appeared that…
1Opinion of the CourtDibell, J.
Action for personal injuries. The court directed a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff appeals from the ordér denying his motion for a new trial.
The plaintiff, Ben Hansen, was working for the defendant railroad company on its ore docks at Two Harbors. The ore is automatically unloaded from the bottom of the ore cars into the pockets underneath. There are no cross-ties between the two rails of a track, but some IS feet apart heavy timbers or cross planks two feet wide are laid. They separate the pockets and are used by the men in going across. Between the different tracks the dock is…
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- Stephens v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888
- Illinois Central Railroad v. AtwellIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Johnson v. Minneapolis General Electric Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Hogan v. PennockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. of Texas v. FreemanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
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- Gentry v. DavisSupreme Court of Kansas · 1923