Laitinen v. Shenango Furnace Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $2,000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Dibell, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for the amount demanded. From an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
START, O. J.
The plaintiff, while in the employ of the defendant and working in its mine, was on July 11, 1906, injured by the explosion of a charge of dynamite. This is an action to recover damages for such injury, on the ground that his injury was caused by the defendant’s negligence. The plaintiff recovered a verdict for $2,000, and the defendant appealed from an order of the district court of the county of St. Louis denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.
Evidence was received on the trial, some of it conflicting, tending to establish these facts: The…
2Cited by3 opinions
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- Pintar v. Pitt Iron Mining Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909