Legal Opinion
Cole v. American Bridge Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 13, 1945No. 8719PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAJOR, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment favorable to plaintiff in an action to recover damages for burns' received by him when his clothes were set afire by an electrical arch while he was engaged in dismantling certain electrical equipment in a building at Gary, Indiana, which the defendant, American Bridge Company (referred to as American Bridge) had purchased from the defendant, Tubular Alloy Steel Corporation (referred to as Tubular).
The complaint alleged that the defendants and each of them, carelessly and negligently'turned on the power switch and permitted electrical…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- City of Decatur v. EadyIndiana Supreme Court · 1917
- Ashby v. Philadelphia Electric Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
- Conowingo Power Co. v. State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1941
- Ayrshire Coal Co. v. WilderIndiana Court of Appeals · 1920
- Perrone v. Pennsylvania R.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Jose Rivera Echevarria and Fortunato Rivera Echevarria B/n/f Jose Rivera Echevarria v. United States Steel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1968
- Holding v. Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1980
- United States Steel Corp. v. Emerson-Comstock Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1956
- Duane F. Lee and Margaret Lee v. Terminal Transport Company, Duane F. Lee and Margaret Lee v. Terminal Transport CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1959
- Margaret Cartwright, Administrator to Collect of the Estate of Wayne Kiester, Deceased v. Traylor Bros., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1961
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