Adams v. Albina Engine Works
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: William N. Gtatens, Judge. Department 2. Plaintiff brought this action for damages for personal injuries. The cause was tried to the court and jury, and a verdict in the sum of $7,000 was rendered in favor of plaintiff. From a judgment thereon, defendant appeals. Plaintiff was employed by the defendant company as a laborer in a material-yard. He was a steamfitter by trade.
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From Multnomah: William N. Gtatens, Judge. Department 2. Plaintiff brought this action for damages for personal injuries. The cause was tried to the court and jury, and a verdict in the sum of $7,000 was rendered in favor of plaintiff. From a judgment thereon, defendant appeals. Plaintiff was employed by the defendant company as a laborer in a material-yard. He was a steamfitter by trade. On the morning of October 25, 1917, the third day of his employment, he was directed by the foreman of the yard to assist two other, men in gétting out some angle-irons from a pile that had been unloaded…
1Opinion of the CourtBean, J.
At the close of plaintiff’s ease counsel for defendant moved for a judgment of nonsuit. The motion was denied. Defendant assigns this ruling as error, and submits that the evidence in the case does not disclose any negligence, or any facts from which negligence might be inferred.
The rule is stated in Geldard v. Marshall, 43 Or. 438, at page 443 (73 Pac. 330, 331):
“It is the duty of a master to exercise reasonable care to furnish his servant with a reasonably safe *550place in which to work, and reasonably safe appliances and instrumentalities to work with, and to keep them in that condition. For…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Galvin v. Brown & McCabeOregon Supreme Court · 1909
- Woods v. WikstromOregon Supreme Court · 1913
- Geldard v. MarshallOregon Supreme Court · 1903
- Millen v. Pacific Bridge Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1908
- Duntley v. InmanOregon Supreme Court · 1902
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- Bottig v. PolskyOregon Supreme Court · 1921