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Furkovich v. Bingham Coal & Lumber Co.

Utah Supreme Court

Decided August 14, 1914No. 2593PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Third District; Hon. G. W. Morse, Judge. Action by Joe Furbovich against the Bingham Coal & Lumber Company. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtFrick, J.

This was an action in tort to recover damages for personal injuries. The plaintiff, respondent in this court, after alleging the necessary matters of inducement in his complaint, in substance, alleged, that on September 12, 1912, the defendant, appellant here, negligently .and carelessly unloaded a wagon of coal on a “steep mountain side,” and carelessly and negligently failed and omitted to- place any safeguards or barriers to prevent said coal from “rolling down said steep mountain side,” and carelessly and negligently omitted taking any other precautions to keep said coal from rolling down…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Melvin v. Pennsylvania Steel Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
  2. Stone v. Union Pacific RailroadUtah Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Sheridan v. FoleySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1895
  4. Armbright ex rel. Armbright v. ZionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1899
  5. Swan v. Salt Lake & Ogden Railway Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1912

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Hillyard v. Utah By-Products Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1953
  2. Cope v. Utah Valley State CollegeUtah Supreme Court · 2014
  3. State v. ThompsonUtah Supreme Court · 1946
  4. Holstun & Son v. EmbrySupreme Court of Florida · 1936
  5. Zoccolillo v. Oregon Short Line R.Utah Supreme Court · 1918

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