Miller v. White Bronze Monument Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from PoTk District Court. — Hon. W. H. McHenry, Judge. Action at law to recover - damages for injuries received by plaintiff while in defendant’s employ. The defenses were assumption of risk, contributory negligence, and a claim that the defect which resulted in the injury was one of plaintiff’s own making, which it was his duty to discover and repair. At the conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence, a verdict was directed for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. —
1Opinion of the Court
Deemer, J. —
It is charged in the petition that defendant was negligent in not furnishing plaintiff a reasonably'safe place to work, in not furnishing him proper tools and appliances with which to work, in not discovering and repairing a defect in the floor of its plant in which plaintiff was employed, in failing to notify plaintiff of the dangerous condition of the floor, and in requiring plaintiff to work in a dark and dimly lighted room, which had a defective floor, without informing him of the dangers incident thereto. The defenses have already been stated. In passing upon the questions…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Fitzgerald v. Connecticut River Paper Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Narramore v. Cleveland, C., C. & St. L. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1899
- Davis Coal Co. v. PollandIndiana Supreme Court · 1902
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. HeereyIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
- Huggard v. Glucose Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1906
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- McGeever v. O'ByrneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
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