Winters v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county by the guardian ad litem of the infant plaintiff to recover $25,000 for personal injury received by the infant while in the employ of defendant.' The amended answer alleged that the injuries received were due solely to plaintiff’s own carelessness and inattention to his own safety and because of his failure to observe for his own protection ordinary care, and that such omission on his part was the proximate cause of any injury…
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county by the guardian ad litem of the infant plaintiff to recover $25,000 for personal injury received by the infant while in the employ of defendant.' The amended answer alleged that the injuries received were due solely to plaintiff’s own carelessness and inattention to his own safety and because of his failure to observe for his own protection ordinary care, and that such omission on his part was the proximate cause of any injury received. It also alleged that the particular work being done by plaintiff was dangerous only because of the manner in…
1Opinion of the Court
Dibell, C.
This action was brought to recover damages sustained by the plaintiff while at work for the defendant in its round-house at Marshall-town, Iowa. There was a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant, appeals from the order denying its alternative motion for judgment or for a new trial.
1. The plaintiff, a young man of 20, and Elmer Larson, a young *262mail of 18, were engaged at the time of the plaintiff’s injury in raising the front end of a locomotive and removing the timber upon which it had rested while the work of putting new tires on the drivers was being done. They were then to…
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- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. EarnestSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Central R. of New Jersey v. ColasurdoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1911
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- Bombolis v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
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