Swift & Co. v. Rutkowski
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding. This was an action brought by appellee, against Swift & Co., to recover for a personal injury received while in the employ of the defendant at its packing house at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding. This was an action brought by appellee, against Swift & Co., to recover for a personal injury received while in the employ of the defendant at its packing house at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago. The original declaration was filed on February 24, 1893, and on January 28, 1896, plaintiff filed two additional counts. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence he abandoned his original declaration and the first additional count, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
Upon the request of the plaintiff the court gave to the jury the following instruction:
2. “The court instructs the jury that it was the duty of the defendant to exercise reasonable care and diligence to employ a sufficient number of servants in and about the work in which the plaintiff was engaged, to render the performance of the work by the plaintiff reasonably safe; and if the jury believe, from the evidence, that the defendant failed to exercise such reasonable care and diligence, and negligently failed to employ a sufficient number of workmen so as to render the performance of the work…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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