Hockaday v. Schloer
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. (Soper, O. J.) The appellee, by her father, as her next friend, brought suit against the defendant for damages for injuries received through the defendants’ negligence, resulting in the crushing of her fingers and hand, in a set of rollers in the defendants’ belting factory. Judgment being for the plaintiff (the appellee) upon a verdict in her favor for $1,000, the defendants took this appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtConstable, J.
This appeal involves the right of action by an employee against her employer for personal injuries sustained while in the employer’s service. So numerous have been the decisions of this Court in actions of this character that the principles governing them can be considered thoroughly established and render it entirely unnecessary to look for adjudicated cases in other jurisdictions.
At the close of the case the appellants offered two prayers, among others, asking the Court, in the first, to instruct the jury to find a verdict for them upon the ground that there was no legally sufficient…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Baltimore City Passenger Ry. Co. v. NugentCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1897
- Fletcher v. DixonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1908
- National Enameling & Stamping Co. v. BradyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1901
- Cahill v. Maryland Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1900
- Chambers v. Woodbury Manufacturing Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1907
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- State Ex Rel. Ducas v. BernheimerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1916