Poczerwinski V. C. A. Smith Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $25,-300 for personal injuries. The case was tried before John Day Smith, J., and a jury which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $4,620. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
ELLIOTT, J,
The respondent was injured while in the employ of the defendant, ■and recovered a verdict for $4,620. The appeal is from an order denying a motion for judgment or for a new trial.
The respondent was about twenty one years of age, had been in ■this country one year, understood but little English, and had never before worked about machinery. He was injured while working at a resawing machine which recut slabs which were fed into it by means of rollers. The saw (a band saw from twenty to thirty feet long and eight inches wide) was stretched over and revolved upon two wheels, each about…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Jemming v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Morrow v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Donahue v. Northwestern Telephone Exchange Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- Rudquist v. Empire Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
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