Erickson v. Maple Block Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pollc District Court. — Ti-ios. J. Guti-irie, Judge. Action to recover damages, for personal injury. The opinion states the facts. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.
1‘ servant ;AND piuee”inof I. This action is to recover damages for personal injury alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff while employed in the defendant’s mine as a coal miner. The allegations on which plaintiff predicates his right to recover arq that he was injured by a fall of slate from the roof of the mine in which he was working; that the defendant ivas not operating under the Iowa Workmen’s Compensation Law.
The answer of the defendant was that plaintiff was injured in his working place, and where it was his duty to inspect the roof and to make the same safe; and that the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Savery v. BusickSupreme Court of Iowa · 1861
- Mitchell v. Swanwood Coal Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1918
- Baird v. C., R. I. & P. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1880
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- Pfannebecker v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1929