Adcock v. Oregon Railroad
Oregon Supreme Court
This is an' action by Elizabeth Adcock (formerly' Dozier) against the'Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company to recover damages for an injury to the plaintiff caused by the collision of a cook car upon which she was working with one of defendant’s cars.
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This is an' action by Elizabeth Adcock (formerly' Dozier) against the'Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company to recover damages for an injury to the plaintiff caused by the collision of a cook car upon which she was working with one of defendant’s cars. The complaint alleges that by such collision she “ was violently thrown against the side of the said cook car, * * and was thereby greatly injured and bruised in and upon the head and in and upon the right side and hip of her, the said Elizabeth Dozier, the plaintiff herein, and her right arm was then and there burned and scalded, so that the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Bean,
after stating the facts in the foregoing terms, 'delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff gave evidence tending to show that before the accident she was a strong, healthy, and robust woman ; that she was injured upon the head, had one arm scalded, and was hurt upon the shoulder, hip, and knee ; that she was removed to a neighboring house and confined to her bed for about three.weeks; that thereafter she was removed to her daughter-in-law’s house, in Nolin, and for a number of weeks was unable to do anything, but had to be assisted in dressing; that she was weak and…
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