Lauritsen v. American Bridge Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $1,875 for personal injuries. The case was tried before McGee, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,06G. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $1,875 for personal injuries. The case was tried before McGee, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,06G. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed. The employees of the Electric Steel Elevator Company, while-using the platforms of defendant, were mere licensees toward whom defendant and its servants owed no duty, except to refrain from doing or continuing to do any act which would necessarily result in injury to them. In other words,…
1Opinion of the CourtLovely, J.
Plaintiff was employed by the Electric Steel Elevator Company during the fall of 1901 to assist in the “installation” of the operating machinery of an elevator which it was then constructing in Minneapolis. He was injured by a fall from a movable scaffold maintained in the building by the servants of the American Bridge Company, defendant, who were engaged under a contract with the *520electric company to execute the structural work. Plaintiff recovered a verdict. Defendant asked for judgment, or for a new trial in the alternative, which motion was denied. From this order the case is brought to…
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- Lando v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Schreiner v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
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