Webb v. Buick Motor Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Genesee; Wisner, J. Case by George Webb against the Buick Motor Company for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.
In this action of tort brought to recover damages for the accidental loss of an eye charged to *553have been caused by defendant’s negligence, plaintiff was awarded a verdict and judgment for $1,741, in the circuit court of Genesee county.
The injury was inflicted by a flying chip from a cast-iron frame upon which a workman was chiseling, striking plaintiff in the eye as he was walking along a passageway adjacent to where such work was in progress.
The grounds of negligence charged and relied upon are, in substance, that defendant failed to furnish plaintiff, who was one of its employees, a safe…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hunn v. Michigan Central RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
- Beesley v. F. W. Wheeler & Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1894
- Dixon v. Union IronworksSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- Brockmiller v. Industrial WorksMichigan Supreme Court · 1907
- Smith v. Lidgerwood Manufacturing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900