Frish v. Swift & Co.
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court for Douglas county: George A. Day, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtRose, J.
Plaintiff brought this suit to recover from his employer damages in the sum of $8,000 for personal injuries. From judgment on a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $2,000, defendant has appealed.
At the time of the injury plaintiff and about 50 other employees were working in the sheep department of defendant’s packing house in South Omaha. Sheep were handled at the rate of 200 an hour. When killed they were suspended from an overhead, moving, endless chain, running on small pulleys supported by a stationary iron rail swung from the ceiling. The slaughtered animals moved with the chain past…
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- Cassida v. Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1887
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