Jacobson v. Hobart Iron Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $40,350 damages for personal injuries. The case was tried before Dibell, J., and a jury which found for plaintiff in the sum of $17,000. From an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
START, G. J.
On May 21, 1906, the plaintiff was injured while at work in the underground iron mine of the defendant, and he brought this action to recover damages for his injuries, on the ground of the defendant’s negligence. He recovered a verdict for $17,000, and the defendant appealed from an order of the district court of the county of St. Louis denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.
The complaint alleged several specific acts of negligence on the part of the defendant — among others, that the plaintiff and another miner, known as his partner, were…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Carlson v. Northwestern Telephone Exchange Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Borgerson v. Cook Stone Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- Hjelm v. Western Granite Contracting Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Atlas v. National Biscuit Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Carlson v. HaglinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
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