Dizonno v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $20,000 damages for personal injuries caused by the alleged negligence of defendant’s servant while plaintiff was in its employ. The case was tried before Bunn, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $3,000. From an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
A flat car, known as a “gondola car,” belonging to the Great Northern Railway Company, loaded with steel plates, tipped over and caused the wreck of a freight train. The car fell outside the rails, and the track was soon cleared, leaving the car on its side. The steel plates with which the car was loaded were about thirty feet long, five feet wide, and half an inch thick. In this car there were thirty such plates laid flat on the top of each other. Each plate weighed about a ton. When the car tipped over it rested upon its edge or side. The plates, slid out, and rested partly on the ground…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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