Reddington v. Raftery
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Montgomery District Court. — Hon. Thomas Arthur, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for injuries received by plaintiff while working about a machine in the defendant’s factory. Trial to a jury. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Defendant is a partnership, conducting a bottling works in the city of Red Oak, Iowa, and in its plant it had a machine known as the Crown Soda Capping machine. Plaintiff was employed to work with this machine, and, while in the discharge of his duties, a glass bottle, which he was filling, burst, and some of the pieces of glass struck his left wrist, about four inches above the hand, severing the tendons, arteries, and nerves, and producing what he claims are permanent injuries. It was alleged that defendant was negligent in not properly guarding the machine on the left side thereof, through…
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