Klaffke v. Bettendorf Axle Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott District Oowrt.— Hon. James W. Bollinger, Judge. Action to recover for personal injuries received by plaintiff while in the defendant’s employ. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. -Defendant appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
1. Negligence: evidence. Plaintiff was engaged at the time of his injury in operating, with one Reese, a ponderous and powerful hydraulic punching press. In its operation one of the punches was frequently broken, and it was necessary to unscrew certain nuts and take out the broken punch from! between the jaws of the machine and substitute a new one in its place. At the time of the injury to plaintiff, Reese was in charge of the operation of the levers by which the hydraulic pressure was applied or cut off, and, having so placed the levers as that the power was cut off while the jaws of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Cone v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Monmouth Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. ErlingIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Ransier v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- Sherman v. Menominee River Lumber Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1888
- T. & P. R'y Co. v. ScottTexas Supreme Court · 1885
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