Okonski v. Pennsylvania & Ohio Fuel Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Manito-woc county: Michael Kibwah, Circuit Judge. Action for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff as an employee in the coal yard of the defendant at Manitowoc. That yard was about 500 feet long north and south, bounded on the east by the slip into which vessels entered.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Manito-woc county: Michael Kibwah, Circuit Judge. Action for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff as an employee in the coal yard of the defendant at Manitowoc. That yard was about 500 feet long north and south, bounded on the east by the slip into which vessels entered. Immediately adjoining the water were a series of four towers on tracks parallel to the dock line, some thirty-five feet high, in each of which was situated a steam engine and its operator. Extending from each of these towers westward to the hard coal shed, a distance of…
1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.
Tbe most vital question presented among tbe many assignments of error is whether there is any evidence to warrant tire jury in finding any.failure on tbe part of tbe defendant in its duty to pro vide, a safe place for plaintiff to work and safe appliances to work with. Neither in tbe complaint nor in the evidence is there any suggestion that either tbe place or the apparatus was unfit, dangerous, or defective, as orginally constructed. The allegation is that tbe passing-bucket was negligently tripped by an agent or agents-of defendant ; that tbe tripper or dumper was .negligently placed on…
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- Portance v. Lehigh Valley Coal Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
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