Furlow v. United Oil Mills
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Little River Circuit Court; Jeptha H. Evans, Judge, on exchange; 1. The day and night superintendents of appellee having both testified that they had warned decedent of the dangers incident to his employment and instructed him how to avoid them, and having further testified that they warned and instructed their other minor employees, appellant ought to have been permitted, when he offered to do so, to introduce testimony of other minor employees to rebut the…
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Appeal from Little River Circuit Court; Jeptha H. Evans, Judge, on exchange; 1. The day and night superintendents of appellee having both testified that they had warned decedent of the dangers incident to his employment and instructed him how to avoid them, and having further testified that they warned and instructed their other minor employees, appellant ought to have been permitted, when he offered to do so, to introduce testimony of other minor employees to rebut the same. 48 Ark. 460. If the presumption reasonably flows from the fact of failure to warn other minor employees that they did…
1Opinion of the CourtFrauenthal, J.
This is an action instituted by the administrator of George Furlow to recover damages for the pain and suffering he endured resulting from an injury which he sustained while in the defendant’s service. The defendant is a domestic corporation, owning and operating an oil mill at Ashdown, and Furlow was employed by it in the capacity of oiler of the machinery at this mill. While in the discharge of his duties, his left forearm was caught and crushed in some cogs, and from the injury thus received he died about six days later. In the defendant’s mill there were two sets of line shafts, which met…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Emma Cotton Seed Oil Co. v. HaleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1892
- Peters v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
- Kehoe v. AllenMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
- Holmes v. Bluff City Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1911
- Abbott v. HerronSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
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- Bussell v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1964
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- Goodin, Adm'x. v. Boyd-Sicard Coal CompanySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1938
- Ward Ice Company v. BowlesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1935
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