Wiles v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Otter Tail county by tbe administrator of tbe estate of Dennis E. Wiles, deceased, to recover $50,000 for tbe death of bis intestate while in tbe employ of defendant.
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Action in tbe district court for Otter Tail county by tbe administrator of tbe estate of Dennis E. Wiles, deceased, to recover $50,000 for tbe death of bis intestate while in tbe employ of defendant. Tbe answer specifically denied that tbe intestate sustained any injury whatever by reason of any negligence of defendant, and alleged that tbe injury which caused bis death was caused by bis own lack of ordinary care and bis neglect to obey reasonable and proper rules of defendant which were well known to tbe intestate. Tbe case was tried before Nye, J., who denied defendant’s motions for a…
1Opinion of the Court
Dibell, C.
Action by the plaintiff as administrator of Dennis E. Wiles to recover damages caused by his death, which it is alleged resulted from the negligence of the defendant. There was a verdict for the plaintiff. Defendant moved for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The motion was granted. Judgment was entered. The plaintiff appeals from the judgment.
The ultimate question is whether the evidence sustains the verdict. There are three included questions:(1) Whether the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur applies to an employee situated as the deceased was.(2) Whether the doctrine is applicable…
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- Looney v. Metropolitan RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Delk v. St. Louis & San Francisco RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
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