Hamm v. Bettendorf Axle Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott District Court. — Host. A. J. House, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for injuries received by plaintiff while in defendant’s employ due to the fall of iron or steel plates upon him while at work at one of defendant’s machines. Trial to a jury, verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Deemer, O. J.
Plaintiff, -while employed in what is known as defendant’s bolster department, in its factory, at Bettendorf, Iowa, was injured by reason of the fall of a pile of steel plates which had been created or erected by other employees in the prosecution of their work. Plaintiff had been in defendant’s employ about a year and a half before receiving his injuries, and was at the time he was injured in the bolster department, where he operated or helped to operate presses which shaped, squared and sheared beams, bolts, bands and plates, bolsters made of “I” beams, plates, rivets, etc.,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- New Castle Bridge Co. v. DotyIndiana Supreme Court · 1906
- Wells v. B. C. R. & N. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1881
- Brann v. C., R. I. & P. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1880
- Meagher v. Crawford Laundry Machinery Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Anderson v. Pittsburgh Coal Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
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