Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York v. Gibson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the case. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Linus C. Ruth, Judge, presiding. Statement* by the Court. Appellee, a machinist, was employed by the Union Drop Forge Company as a “die maker.” The forge company partially covered its liability for accidents to its employes by insuring in the appellant company. On August 26, 1897, appellee, while in the employ of the forge company, suffered while at his work an injury to one of his -eyes.
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Trespass on the case. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Linus C. Ruth, Judge, presiding. Statement* by the Court. Appellee, a machinist, was employed by the Union Drop Forge Company as a “die maker.” The forge company partially covered its liability for accidents to its employes by insuring in the appellant company. On August 26, 1897, appellee, while in the employ of the forge company, suffered while at his work an injury to one of his -eyes. The effect of this injury was to incapacitate him from working for about thirteen weeks, at the end of which time he returned to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holdom
It is urged in argument and assigned for error that the verdict is contrary to the weight of the evidence and wholly unsupported by it; improper and prejudicial remarks of counsel for appellee to and in the hearing of the jury; that the trial judge should have directed a verdict for appellant, and finally that the damages are excessive.
Did the letters which passed between appellant and the forge company, found in the record, upon the subject of appellee’s discharge, constitute all the proof on that subject, or were they substantiated by other proofs or by facts and circumstances developed by…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Leep v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1894
- Doremus v. HennessyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1896
- Hough v. CoughlanIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
- Hildreth v. HancockAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894
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- Madison v. WigalAppellate Court of Illinois · 1958
- Illinois Steel Co. v. BrenshallAppellate Court of Illinois · 1908
- Kemp v. Division No. 241 of Amalgamated Ass'n of Street & Electric Railway Employes of AmericaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1910