Driscoll v. Allis-Chalmers Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: WakreN D. TarraNt, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained in consequence of the negligence of the defendant. The answer, after certain admissions, denies generally the material allegations of the complaint.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: WakreN D. TarraNt, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained in consequence of the negligence of the defendant. The answer, after certain admissions, denies generally the material allegations of the complaint. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence a motion for nonsuit was denied, and at the close of all the evidence defendant moved for a directed verdict, which was denied. The defendant requested the submission of certain questions to the jury, which was…
1Opinion of the Court
*456Tbe following opinion was filed January 10, 1911:
KerwiN, J.
Tbe questions of fact litigated upon tbe trial are quite fully presented in the special verdict, wbieb is set out in tbe statement of tbe case. At tbe time of tbe injury plaintiff was a married man thirty years of age, and bis family consisted of bis wife and two children. Tbe defendant was engaged in building large additions and extensions to its plant, including a new power bouse and equipments. Tbe plaintiff was injured January 31, 1908, while at work in a trench in tbe new power-house basement by a heavy wooden block falling upon…
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