Western Electric Co. v. Prochaska
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circu^ Court of Cook county; the Hon. Homes Abbott, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 190B.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
It is contended by appellant that the court should have directed a verdict for the defendant because, although the plaintiff complained of the bent screw to her foreman and he after straightening it gave the chuck in which it was back to her, told her to use it for the present and promised to give her a new chuck, still she assumed the risk, because, for all that appears, plaintiff made such complaint, not because she feared danger to herself from the use of the bent screw, hut because, with such bent screw, the spool would not run true and it was more difficult for her to properly wind wire…
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- Illinois Steel Co. v. MannIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
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