Bressan v. Herrick
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District, for Kootenai County. Hon. Robert N. Dunn, Judge. Action for personal injuries through negligence of defendant. From a judgment for plaintiff and from an order denying motion for a new trial, defendant appeals. Plaintiff’s counsel was guilty of misconduct in bringing before the jury the question of insurance company.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District, for Kootenai County. Hon. Robert N. Dunn, Judge. Action for personal injuries through negligence of defendant. From a judgment for plaintiff and from an order denying motion for a new trial, defendant appeals. Plaintiff’s counsel was guilty of misconduct in bringing before the jury the question of insurance company. (Steve v. Bonners Ferry Limber Go., 13 Ida. 398, 92 Pac. 363; Cameron v. Pacific Lime & Gypsum Co., 73 Or. 510, Ann. Cas. 1916E, 769, 144 Pac. 446; Tuohy v. Columbia Steel Co., 61 Or. 527, 122 Pac. 36; Putnam v.…
1Opinion of the CourtMccarthy, J.
This is an action for negligence. The original respondent, Steve Bressan, died subsequent to the judgment and will be referred to in this opinion- as the deceased. His administrator, the present respondent, was substituted.
About July 7, 1916, Steve Bressan was employed by the appellant to work on the ground floor of his sawmill as a clean-up man. The work consisted of sweeping up the sawdust and shoveling the bark and debris into the conveyor which carried the same to the burner. On the floor were *220various pulleys, belts, conveyor chains, and chutes, transmission shafts and other machinery…
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- Wilson v. St. Joe Boom Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1921
- Crotty v. Chicago Great Western Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
- Maw v. Coast Lumber Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1911
- Smith v. Oregon Short Line RailroadIdaho Supreme Court · 1920
- Hidy v. MurraySupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
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- Deshazer v. TompkinsIdaho Supreme Court · 1965
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- Hughes v. HudelsonIdaho Supreme Court · 1946
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