Hahn v. Rothstein
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Oscar M. Fritz, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff was hired by Mrs. Rothstein to do the family washing at the home of the defendants, husband and wife. They had a Thor electric washing machine, as a part of which and above the portion used for the washing was a wringer attachment. This contained two hard rubber rollers through which the clothes were passed.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Oscar M. Fritz, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff was hired by Mrs. Rothstein to do the family washing at the home of the defendants, husband and wife. They had a Thor electric washing machine, as a part of which and above the portion used for the washing was a wringer attachment. This contained two hard rubber rollers through which the clothes were passed. On one side of the wringer attachment was the electric button by which the power was turned on or off. On the same side was a lever by which the movement of the rollers could be…
1Opinion of the CourtEschweiler, J.
We think the trial court should have set aside the answer of the jury to the first question of the special verdict whereby they found that the wringer in question, in the usual and customary manner of using it, was not as free from danger to the plaintiff as the nature of the work reasonably permitted.
In this instance it appears that a safety device was installed by the manufacturer on this machine similar to that on many other types of such machines being manufactured and sold in the general market. It thus appears that there had been no failure by the manufacturer to attempt, in a measure…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Van de Zande v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1919
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