Staszczuk v. Gilman Manufacturing Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Taylor county: G. N. Risjoed, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Taylor county: G. N. Risjoed, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant. At the time of injury the plaintiff was about eighteen years and five months old and was in the employ of the defendant operating a car, which was run by hand, down an incline from the mill of the defendant into the mill yard, which car was used for hauling headings out of said mill. At the time of the injury plaintiff was holding a stick upon the wheel of said car and pressing…
1Opinion of the CourtEeewiN, J.
It is undisputed that no notice of injury was served, unless an instrument in the nature of a release of damages operated as a sufficient notice. The following is the so-called release:
“In consideration of the payment of fifty and no/100 dollars to me in hand paid by Gilman Manufacturing Company, I do hereby release and forever discharge said Gilman Manufacturing Company from any and all actions, causes of actions, claims and demands for, upon or by reason of any damage, loss or injury, which heretofore have been or which hereafter may be sustained by me in consequence of an accident which…
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