Otis Steel Co. v. Wingle
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio. - - The defendant in error, a teamster, while engaged in taking on a load of steel plates at the mill of the plaintiff in error, sustained an injury from the slipping of a bundle,of suspended plates out of the hooks, and lost a leg.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio. - - The defendant in error, a teamster, while engaged in taking on a load of steel plates at the mill of the plaintiff in error, sustained an injury from the slipping of a bundle,of suspended plates out of the hooks, and lost a leg. Michael Wingle, the father of the defendant in error, Francis Wingle, owned a number of teams, and did hauling as an independent contractor. The Otis Steel Company, makers of steel plates, had a contract' with him to do such hauling for them as they should…
1Opinion of the CourtEurton, Circuit Judge
The court below instructed the jury that Wingle was not the fellow servant of the boys operating the cranes, and that the negligent act of moving one crane in advance of the- other, thereby causing the plates to slip out of the hooks attached to the forward crane, was one for which the Otis Steel Company was responsible. The question as to whether the - defendant in error had contributed to his' own injury by standing unnecessarily in a place of danger, he submitted under proper instructions to the jury. There was a verdict and a judgment for the plaintiff. It is now insisted that the court…
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