Dameron v. Commonwealth Steel Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the City Court of Granite City; the Hon. M. R. Sullivan, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Higbee
While William Dameron, appellee, was working for the Commonwealth Steel Company, appellant, and engaged in putting in a form to hold concrete, his eye was injured by fine particles of cement, coming from a sack of that material, which was being emptied near to him by another workman, and he brought this suit against appellant for the damages so sustained. There are two counts in his declaration, each of which charged that while appellee was engaged in working for appellant as a carpenter on November 7,1911, a servant of appellant, not a fellow-servant of appellee, so carelessly, negligently…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. LockeIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
- Perryman v. Chicago City Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1909
- Illinois Central Railroad v. HobbsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895
- Illinois Central R. R. v. SmiesniAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902