Rosche v. Bettendorf Axle Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott District Court. — Hon. A. J. House, Judge. Action by plaintiff as administratrix to recover damages for tbe death of her husband because of the alleged negligence of defendant in employment of one Lemon as crane man. There was a trial to a jury and a verdict for plaintiff. The motion for a new trial by defendant was sustained, and the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
The petition alleged that the injuries to plaintiff’s intestate are due to defendant’s negligence in employing an unskilled, inexperienced and incompetent person, one Lemon, to operate a large, electric traveling crane, and negligently failing to instruct him as to the proper methods and dangers of handling the crane. Another ground of negligence was alleged, but there was no evidence introduced to sustain such other ground, and that question was not submitted to the jury. We do not understand appellant to complain of that.
At the close of plaintiff’s evidence, defendant moved for a directed…
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