Swiercz v. Illinois Steel Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. L. C. Ruth, Judge, presiding. Joseph Swiercz sued the Illinois Steel Company in an action on the case, in the circuit court of Cook county, to recover damages for personal injury.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. L. C. Ruth, Judge, presiding. Joseph Swiercz sued the Illinois Steel Company in an action on the case, in the circuit court of Cook county, to recover damages for personal injury. The declaration alleged that the defendant was the owner of a rolling mill in the city of Chicago and employed the plaintiff as a common laborer, and it was his duty to do everything which the defendant directed him to do. Among other things, he was ordered by the defendant to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
Appellant insists that the court should have sustained its motion to instruct the jury to find it not guilty. .
The plaintiff had been in defendant’s employ for many years, and for four years had worked as a slagman at the place where these molds were filled. The molds were about six feet high and each held about four tons. They rested on small cars which ran upon.a track past the apparatus where they were filled with the molten metal. After a mold was filled it was covered with á plate placed on top of it and held down firmly by a bar across the top of the mold, held by lugs on either side of…
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