Ewing v. Stickney
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county against the receivers of the Chicago Great Western Railway Company to recover $25,000 damages for personal injuries while plaintiff was in their employ.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county against the receivers of the Chicago Great Western Railway Company to recover $25,000 damages for personal injuries while plaintiff was in their employ. The case was tried before Orr, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $9,125. The court granted an order for a new trial, unless plaintiff filed his consent to a reduction of the verdict to $7,000. Plaintiff consented to the reduction and defendants appealed from the order.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
The plaintiff, on the morning of January 12, 1908, entered the service of the defendants as a yard switchman in their yards at Clarion, Iowa. He was twenty five years old. On the night of the same day he was injured by reason of a defective engine and the negligence of the engineer operating it, who suddenly reversed the engine, thereby jerking the car on which the plaintiff was riding, throwing him therefrom, and causing his left hand to come in contact with the track and beneath the wheels of a car. His left hand was so crushed by the wheels that it was necessary to amputate^ the first and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Goss v. GossSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Hanson v. BaileySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Thompson v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
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