Chisos Mining Co. v. Llanez

Appellee, an employee of appellant/ sustained personal injuries while in the course of his employment. He sued for damages and recovered judgment. Appellant owned and operated a mine. Appellee was being lowered into the mine in a bucket operated by another employee of appellant. It was alleged that the operator of the machinery lowering the bucket operated the same at a high and dangerous rate of speed and suddenly and violently applied.the brake or stopping device, whereby the descent of the bucket was stopped with a violent jerk, thereby causing appellee to fall out of the bucket and 50…