Joy Morton & Co. v. Zwierzykowski
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Arthur H. Chetlain, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
The appellee recovered a judgment in the superior court against the appellants because of an injury to his right hand, received by him while employed by them in unloading salt from the hold of a vessel in which it had been transported to Chicago in bulk. The Appellate Court affirmed the judgment.
The salt was unloaded by means of heavy iron buckets, weighing upwards of four hundred pounds, which were lowered and raised by machinery operated from above by an engineer of the defendants. These buckets had iron wheels attached, weighing several pounds each, which were used to roll the buckets,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Cregan v. . MarstonNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Kaare v. Troy Steel & Iron Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Webber v. . PiperNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Thyng v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Monmouth Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. ErlingIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
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