Pitrowsky v. J. W. Reedy Elevator Manufacturing Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Action for damages. Death from negligent act. Error to the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edward F. Dunne, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waterman
This was an action brought to recover damages occasioned by the death of Anton Pitrowsky, who, while working for appellee in a foundry, was caught by a revolving shaft, and killed. Mo one saw him caught. All that is known is that he was told to get a flask, flasks being piled near the shaft, and that he started to go to the place where the flasks were; the next seen of him he was being whirled about by the shaft.
The shaft was supported by a hanger extending about twenty inches below the ceiling; on this hanger the shaft ran, being held in place by collars and set screws; none of these things…
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