Otos v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Yellow Medicine county to recover $80,000 for personal injuries sustained while brakeman in defendant’s employ.
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Action in the district court for Yellow Medicine county to recover $80,000 for personal injuries sustained while brakeman in defendant’s employ. The case was tried before Flaherty, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $35,000. Defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict was denied, and its motion for a new trial was granted unless plaintiff consented to a reduction of the verdict to $30,000. From the- order .denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, it appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
Plaintiff was a switch foreman in defendant’s yards at Willmar, On September 11, 1912, a train came into Willmar from the west. It contained, among others, a loaded car from Willow Lake, South Dakota, consigned to Minneapolis. This car was coupled with automatic couplers to a car consigned to Duluth, by way of Superior,. Wisconsin. The pin lifter on the Minneapolis car was out of order. At Willmar the Duluth car was to be transferred to another train. There is some evidence that the Minneapolis' car was to be switched to the. repair track, before it proceeded further, for the purpose of…
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- United States v. Colorado & N. W. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
- Grand Trunk Western Ry. Co. v. LindsayCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1912
- Bucher v. Wisconsin Central Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
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