Chicago Dredging & Dock Co. v. McMahon

The injury for which the appellee has recovered was received by him while at work with a dredge of the appellants. Whether he exercised due care for his own safety was a question upon which the verdict of the jury is, under the evidence, conclusive.

The preponderance of the evidence is, and the jury have in effect so found, that the injury was the result of an order given, after warning of the danger, by the servant of the appellants in command of the dredge and the men employed upon it, to another servant of the appellants, obedience to which brought upon the appellee the force by which he…