Illinois Steel Co. v. Trafas
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Arthur H. Chetlain, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Shepard
delivered the opinion oe the Court.
This appeal is from a judgment of $7,000, recovered by the appellee for alleged injuries received by him as an employe of the appellant, working in and about its Bessemer converting works.
The serious burning to which the appellee was subjected, through the alleged negligence of the appellant, was immediately occasioned by the falling of an ingot of hot steel Avhich was being lifted and carried to a car, by means of tongs and a crane, from the place where it had been shaped by a mold from molten metal into a partially solidified…
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