Inland Steel Co. v. Kiessling
Indiana Supreme Court
From Porter Superior Court; Harry B. Tuthill, Judge. Action by Alfred Kiessling against the Inland Steel Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLairy, J.
— Appellee recovered a judgment for damages on account of personal injuries sustained-by him while in the service of appellant. The injury to appellee was caused by the falling of a heavy casting which appellee and some of his coemployes were required in the course of their employment, occasionally to lift from its position and remove to a place about two feet distant. This casting was lifted when occasion required, by means of a rope and pulley, the rope being attached to an eyebolt which was screwed into an oil-cup hole in the casting. On the occasion of appellee’s injury, the casting had…
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- Anderson v. H. C. Akeley Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Inland Steel Co. v. KiesslingIndiana Supreme Court · 1910
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