Olson v. Whitney Bros.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Douglas ■county: G-. N. Risjokd, Judge. Action for personal injury. On November 18, 1912, the plaintiff, who was the foreman of a -pile-driver crew, was injured while they were moving the pile-driver sideways over sand that had previously been pumped in and on which a coal dock was being constructed.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Douglas ■county: G-. N. Risjokd, Judge. Action for personal injury. On November 18, 1912, the plaintiff, who was the foreman of a -pile-driver crew, was injured while they were moving the pile-driver sideways over sand that had previously been pumped in and on which a coal dock was being constructed. It was intended to move the pile-driver about 100 feet to'drive certain piles that had been left, and it had been moved about thirty-five feet when plaintiff was injured. The pile-driver was moved pn three long timbers or skids about eight inches…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinions were filed February 9, 1915:
Vihje, J.
Plaintiff’s counsel makes the broad claim that since the statute, sec. 2394 — 1, Stats. 1911, as applied to this case, abolished the defense of assumption of risk and the negligence of fellow-servants, and since by sec. 2394 — 48 it required the master to furnish a safe place of employment, the only defense open to the defendant was that of contributory negligence; that it is an insurer of the safety of the place and appliances furnished and cannot escape liability by showing that they áre safe within the meaning of the statute. To…
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