Thompson v. Edward P. Allis Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: I). H. JOHNSON, Circuit Judge. Personal injuries. Tbe defendant owns and operates a foundry and machine shop in Milwaukee. Plaintiff was a Norwegian by birth, and was twenty-four years old at the time of the accident. At the age of sixteen years he became a sailor, and sailed for a number of years upon the ocean, and subsequently upon the Great Lakes, working as a common laborer in the winter.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: I). H. JOHNSON, Circuit Judge. Personal injuries. Tbe defendant owns and operates a foundry and machine shop in Milwaukee. Plaintiff was a Norwegian by birth, and was twenty-four years old at the time of the accident. At the age of sixteen years he became a sailor, and sailed for a number of years upon the ocean, and subsequently upon the Great Lakes, working as a common laborer in the winter. About the 1st of September, 1890, he was employed by the defendant in its machine shop as a laborer in a gang whose duty it was to put…
1Opinion of the CourtWiNsnow, J.
Some complaint is made by the appellant of the submission of questions numbered 6 and 6a to the jury. It is said that the statute providing for the covering of all gearing so located as to be dangerous to employees when engaged in their ordinary duties (S. & B. Ann. Stats, sec.' 16367’) does not apply to an employee who is engaged in work upon the gears themselves, but to the case of other employees who in performing their duties are in danger of being caught by the gears, but who are not employed directly upon or about them. We are unable to adopt such a narrow view of the statute. To do so…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Curry v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1878
- Quackenbush v. Wisconsin & Minnesota RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
- Burnell v. West Side RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1894
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- Schneider v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
- Helmke v. ThilmanyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
- Willette v. Rhinelander Paper Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1911
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