Christiansen v. William Graver Tank Works
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
This was an action on the case commenced by the appellant in the superior court of Cook county against the appellee to recover damages for an injury to his right hand and arm, necessitating amputation of the arm below the elbow, alleged to have been sustained by him, while in the employ of appellee, by having the same crushed between the wheels of a punching machine operated by appellee by steam power and used for punching rivet holes in heavy steel plates, and upon which appellant, at the time of his injury, was working as a helper to the workman in charge of the machine.
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Leonard v. . Columbia Steam Navigation Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
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- Camp Point Manufacturing Co. v. BallouIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
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