Canfield v. Iowa Dairy Separator Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Black Hawk District Court. — Hon. Franklin O. Platt, Judge. Action for personal injuries. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.
Master and servant : “knowledge” as element of negligence: usual manner of work: poison. This is an action brought by an employee of a manufacturing corporation to recover damages on account of a disease claimed to have been contracted as a result of the use of certain acid and oils negligently furnished by his employers.
The record discloses that the plaintiff was about sixty-two years old; had worked for the defendant in its factory at various jobs, since November 15, 1907. For a number of months immediately prior to the beginning of his illness, he had been putting spacers in cones. This is…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Matter of CurtissNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Pinkley v. Chicago & Eastern Illinois RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
- Gould v. Slater Woolen Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Kitteringham v. Sioux City & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1883
- Corcoran v. WanamakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
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- Koetsier v. Cargill Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1928
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