Pennsylvania Co. v. Lynch
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John A. Jameson, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
On the 25th of November, 1873, Patrick Lynch, an employee of the Pennsylvania Company, whilst engaged with a co-employee, named John Ellis, in transferring a large bale of wool from one freight car to another occupying parallel sidetracks, was thrown upon the ground with great violence, in consequence of the breaking of the temporary platform connecting the cars which they were using to effect the transfer. His shoulder was thereby dislocated in such manner as to permanently impair its strength; and he was also otherwise injured, but not seriously or permanently.
The present action is by Lynch…
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