Fatz v. Continental Manufacturing Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles M. Walker, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman
It is contended in behalf of appellant that the proof utterly fails to sustain the charge of negligence in the declaration; that plaintiff had been a regular and constant operator of planers for nearly seven years before the accident, and under the law must be held to have had full knowledge of the condition of the planer, whatever it was, and that the rule of assumed risk is a complete bar to recovery by appellee. It is urged, therefore, that it was erroneous to instruct the jury that a servant assumes only those risks incident to the work, omitting the class of risks which the servant…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Montgomery Coal Co. v. BarringerIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- Lake Street Elevated Railroad v. FitzgeraldAppellate Court of Illinois · 1907