New Galt House Co. v. Chapman
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 67. — ACTION BY ELLA MAY CHAPMAN AGAINST THE NEW GALT HOUSE COMPANY FOR. DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURIES. Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court (C. P. Branch, Third Division). Matt 0 ’Doherty, Judge. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. Whatever injury appellee received, was the result of the risk assumed by her in the employment, and a peremptory instruction should have been given. (McCormick Har. Mach. Co. v. Liter, 23 Ky.
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CASE 67. — ACTION BY ELLA MAY CHAPMAN AGAINST THE NEW GALT HOUSE COMPANY FOR. DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURIES. Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court (C. P. Branch, Third Division). Matt 0 ’Doherty, Judge. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. Whatever injury appellee received, was the result of the risk assumed by her in the employment, and a peremptory instruction should have been given. (McCormick Har. Mach. Co. v. Liter, 23 Ky. Law Rep. 2154; Kelly v. Barber Asphalt Co., 93 Ky., 363; Wilson’s Adm’r v. Chess & Waymond Co., 25 Ky. Law Rep., 1655; Williams v.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
John D. Carroll, Commissioner
Reversing.
To reverse a judgment rendered against it in behalf of appellee, this appeal is prosecuted.
The facts exhibited by the record may be thus stated: Appellee, at the time of the injury, was employed in the pantry of the Galt House. She was 31 years of age, and had previously worked in the kitchen. The kitchen is situated on the second floor, and the dining room and cafe on the first floor, adjacent to the pantry. The communication between the kitchen and pantry was by means of a dumb waiter moved by an electric motor. Through this the…
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