Berglund v. Illinois Central Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $25,000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Olin B. Lewis, J., and a jury which rendered a verdict in favor of defendant. From an order granting plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by respondent while employed as a switchman in appellant’s railroad yards at Freeport, Illinois. Respondent claims that the footboard on the front of the engine was defective, in that it slanted back and down about one and one-half or two inches, and as he stepped upon it, while the engine was moving at the rate of two or three miles an hour, his foot slipped off by reason of such defect, and he fell under the footboard, and his foot was crushed between the front wheel of the pony trucks and the rail. The action is founded on the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Pieart v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1891
- Fay v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- Sprague v. Wisconsin Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- Railroad v. KenleyTennessee Supreme Court · 1893
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. StrongIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Riley v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916