Looney v. Garfield Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaska District Court. — Hon. K. E. Wilcox-son, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for injuries received by plaintiff, an employee of defendant, due to a fall of slate in defendant’s mine. The defendant denied the negligence charged, and pleaded contributory negligence and assumption of risk. At the close of plaintiff’s testimony, defendant filed a motion for a directed verdict, and this motion was sustained. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemeR, J.
The negligence charged is that plaintiff, an inexperienced workman, was set to work in defendant’s mine without warnings or instructions; that defendant failed to furnish a safe place to work, and was negligent in that it failed to inspect the roof of an entry in the mine, allowed the roof thereof to become dangerous and out of repair, and failed to warn plaintiff thereof; that in consequence a large block of slate fell from the entry upon the plaintiff, causing the injuries *138of which he complains. The defenses interposed by defendant have already been noted, and, in addition thereto, it is…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Taylor v. Star Coal Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1899
- Thayer v. Smoky Hollow Coal Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1903
- Cushman v. Carbondale Fuel Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1902
- Wright v. RawsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1879
- Wheeler v. Sioux Paving Brick Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1913
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- Wangen v. Upper Iowa Power Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1918