Illinois Steel Co. v. Ostrowski
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Chables G. Neely, Judge, presiding.
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Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Chables G. Neely, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1900. Statement.—June 10, 1897, John Ostrowski, appellee’s intestate, was in appellant’s employ, and was working in the hold of a vessel assisting in the unloading of iron ore therefrom, when a piece of iron about four inches wide by four inches thick and about three inches long, to which a nut was attached, fell on his right hand from a hoisting apparatus about thirty feet above him, which was being use'd by appellant…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Adams
delivered the opinion of the court.
Counsel for appellant contends that no negligence of appellant is shown; that the declaration does not state a cause of action; that the verdict was not rendered by the jury sworn and impaneled to try the cause; that incompetent evidence was admitted, and that the verdict is excessive.
It appears'from the evidence that the carriage and bucket described in the preceding statement ran down an inclined plane, formed by the lowering of the apron, until arrested by the stopper, and that this occurred each time the empty bucket was…
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