Ziegler v. C. Gotzian & Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $5,000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Kelly, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $600. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial; defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
The plaintiff, a minor of sixteen and a half years of age at the time he was injured, was employed by the defendant in its factory in the city of St. Paul, and assigned to the.work of inserting eyelets in shoes. He had been engaged in this work for about five months, when he was ordered by the defendant’s foreman to wash the windows in the third story of its factory. This, so far as appears from the record, was the first time he was required to do work of that kind. The windows were about three feet wide, and twice as high as the plaintiff was tall; and each window consisted of two panes of…
2Cited by1 opinion
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