Duncan v. Growers Equipment Co.
Supreme Court of Florida
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
This case comes here on writ of error to judgment entered on a directed verdict for defendant at close of plaintiff’s evidence.
The plaintiff charges his employer, the defendant, with negligence in furnishing unsuitable, unsafe and inadequate tools to remove bushings from a truck spindle, to-wit: hammer, punch and wrench. He also alleges in his declaration, “plaintiff had never worked or had experience as a mechanic; that his knowledge and experience in the machinery and workmanship of trucks was solely limited to his experience and knowledge obtained by reason of his employment as a driver of…
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- Kenney v. LangstonSupreme Court of Florida · 1938
- Cooney v. Portland Terminal Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1914
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