Hass v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. R.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Samuel C. Stough, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waterman
A servant is bound to exercise ordinary care for his own safety; he must notice dangers which are apparent but he need not hunt for hidden perils.
The master is bound to exercise reasonable care to provide reasonably safe appliances for the use of his servant and a reasonably safe place for the doing of his work. The servant has a right to rely upon the discharge by the master of this duty.
When a servant is commanded, by one having a right to give him orders, to do an act obviously attended with danger, he has a right to believe that the master has exercised reasonable care to make the act…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Illinois Steel Co. v. SchymanowskiIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- Chicago Anderson Pressed Brick Co. v. SobkowiakIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Illinois Steel Co. v. SchymanowskiAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895
- Chicago Edison Co. v. MorenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1899