Wenger v. Strobel Steel Construction Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Ben M. Smith, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1910. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
Judgment was obtained by the appellee against the appellant in the sum of $7,000 upon a verdict of a jury rendered for that amount, the action having been brought for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the appellee by reason of the negligence of the appellant.
The appellee was in the employ of the appellant, and was working with a gang of men in tearing up ñ wooden structure constituting a temporary railroad bridge of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad, at a street crossing in the city of Chicago. The immediate foreman of appellee was one William Belt.…
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- Pantzar v. . Tilly Foster Iron Mining Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1885
- City of LaSalle v. KostkaIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- City of Sandwich v. DolanIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
- American Car & Foundry Co. v. HillIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- Hansell-Elcock Foundry Co. v. ClarkIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
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