Strom v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Abthub W. Deselm, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1915. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carnes
David Strom, the appellee, March 11, 1914, was in the employ of the appellant company as a lineman. His foreman ordered him to climb a telegraph pole in a public street in the City of Joliet for the purpose of removing one of the wires. Appellee was an experienced lineman, and used a pair of metal spurs such as are ordinarily used by linemen in climbing telegraph poles. He climbed about twenty-five feet from the ground and fell, suffering an impacted fracture of the lower base of the tibia of his right leg. He brought this action to recover for that injury and had verdict and judgment for…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Streeter v. Western Wheeled Scraper Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1912
- Dietz v. Big Muddy Coal & Iron Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1914
- Bell v. Toluca Coal Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1916
- Crooks v. Tazewell Coal Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1914
- Strom v. Postar Telegraph-Cable Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1916