Williams v. J. G. Wagner Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee count y: J. 0. Ludwig, Judge. This is an action to recover for personal injuries.
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Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee count y: J. 0. Ludwig, Judge. This is an action to recover for personal injuries. The evidence shows that the defendant is a corporation manufacturing bridges and structural iron work at Milwaukee; that in April, 1897, the plaintiff, who was then a man nearly thirty-six years of age, commenced to work for the defendant in its shop at Milwaukee, and continued so to work until January 31, 1898, when the accident happened of which he complains; that for five or six weeks he worked as helper about the shop, and was then put in charge of a…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, J.
It may be conceded, for the purposes of this case, that the defendant was negligent in not covering the géaring in which the plaintiff’s hand was. crushed (Stats. 1898, § 1636;'), although this point admits of grave doubt .and is not decided. Even if such a concession be made, however, it must be held, on the undisputed facts, that the plaintiff assumed the risks, whatever they were, resulting from the uncovered gears. He was a man of more than thirty-six years of age, who since his boyhood had worked in and about shops full of machinery. In his own words, he was “ handy in a machine shop and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Nadau v. White River Lumber Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1890
- Darcey v. Farmers' Lumber Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1894
- Darcey v. Farmers' Lumber Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
3Cited by6 opinions
- Denver & R. G. R. Co. v. NorgateCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
- McMillan v. Spider Lake Saw Mill & Lumber Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1902
- Ives v. Wisconsin Central Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
- Van Dinter v. Worden-Allen Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1913
- Hall v. West & Slade Mill Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1905
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