Sobek v. George H. Smith Steel Casting Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Laweence W. Halsey, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff brought this action in the civil court of Milwaukee county to recover damages for an injury to his eye, sustained by reason of the breaking of an emery wheel on March 15, 1913, while in the employ of the defendant.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Laweence W. Halsey, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff brought this action in the civil court of Milwaukee county to recover damages for an injury to his eye, sustained by reason of the breaking of an emery wheel on March 15, 1913, while in the employ of the defendant. There ivas a general verdict by which the jury found for the plaintiff and assessed his damages at $1,400. Judgment was entered on this verdict and an appeal taken therefrom. The judgment was affirmed by the circuit court and defendant appeals to this court. The grounds of…
1Opinion of the CourtBaRWES, J.
It was the duty of the defendant to furnish its employee with as safe a place to work in as the nature of the employment would reasonably permit. Sec. 2394 — 41, sub. 11, and sec. 2394 — 48, Stats. It was admitted by defendant that the emery wheel might have been guarded and that it was not. It was not admitted that it could be guarded so as to avoid the injury which plaintiff sustained. One witness, however, testified that it could be so guarded, and we find little evidence to the contrary. The defendant’s foreman appears to have testified both ways on the subject.
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