Graseth v. Northwestern Knitting Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county by the father of Edith Graseth, a minor, to recover $25,000 for injuries sustained by her while operating a mangle in defendant’s factory.. The case was tried before Hale, J., who at the close of the evidence denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the action, and a jury which returned a verdict for $12,000. From an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtPhilip E. Brown, J.
Action to recover damages for personal injuries. After verdict for plaintiff and denial of defendant’s alternative motion, it appealed.
Plaintiff’s minor daughter Edith, aged 17 years, was injured in defendant’s factory while operating a mangle used for dry pressing-new underwear. It contained a polished metal steam-heated roller five feet long and 25 inches in diameter, which made 12 revolutions a minute; the garment being pressed against it by an apron moving in the same direction therewith, the top of the roller, however, being exposed for the purpose of feeding. While Edith, in the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Blom v. Yellowstone Park Ass'nSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- Gillespie v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
- La Mere v. Railway Transfer Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Truntle v. North Star Woolen-Mill Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- McDonough v. CameronSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Chicago Great Western Ry. Co. v. BeecherCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1945
- Noe v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1926
- Olthoff v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
- Berg Ex Rel. Berg v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
- Jenkins v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1945