Meyer v. Ladewig
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tlie circuit court for Wauke-slia county: E. B. Belden, Judge. This action was brought to recover damages alleged to have been, sustained by plaintiff in con sequence of injuries received by a splinter of steel hying from a hammer, striking him in the eye and causing loss of sight.
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Appeal from a judgment of tlie circuit court for Wauke-slia county: E. B. Belden, Judge. This action was brought to recover damages alleged to have been, sustained by plaintiff in con sequence of injuries received by a splinter of steel hying from a hammer, striking him in the eye and causing loss of sight. The charge of negligence is that the defendant furnished his employees with all tools, machines, and other appliances necessary for carrying on the work; that it became the duty of plaintiff to assist other employees in making repairs upon a boiler, and that such repairs consisted in the…
1Opinion of the CourtKerwin, J.
The plaintiff at the time of the injury was twenty-eight years of age and had been in the employ of defendant for about four years, having learned his trade as machinist of defendant. When injured he was at work put*568ting fines in a boiler. He did some work with, a light hammer of his own and afterwards called for a heavier one, which was given him hy one of the employees, and.which he was using when injured. The work was being done in the nighttime by the light of a candle. In putting in the. flues it was necessary that the ends should be rolled out. For this purpose an iron instrument, known…
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