Berger v. Abel & Bach Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tlie circuit court for Milwaukee county: J. C. Ludwig, Circuit Judge. Personal injuries. Tlie plaintiff liad his left hand crushed while operating an embossing machine in the defendant’s trunk factory June 25, 190G. He was twenty-four years of age at the time. In his complaint he charged that the machine was defective and that he was not warned of the danger when set at work.
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Appeal from a judgment of tlie circuit court for Milwaukee county: J. C. Ludwig, Circuit Judge. Personal injuries. Tlie plaintiff liad his left hand crushed while operating an embossing machine in the defendant’s trunk factory June 25, 190G. He was twenty-four years of age at the time. In his complaint he charged that the machine was defective and that he was not warned of the danger when set at work. Both grounds of negligence were put in issue by the answer, and contributory negligence was alleged. There was little dispute as to the essential facts. The plaintiff bad been a hand worker at…
1Opinion of the Court
Whtslow, O. J.
Yery many errors are assigned, but only those deemed material will be discussed, and some of them •only in a general way.
The plaintiff’s complaint charged that the embossing machine was defective, and much expert evidence was introduced tending to show that there were appliances which could be ■attached to such a machine which would prevent the oscillation ■of the cam when the power was thrown off before the cam had fully descended. At the close of the plaintiff’s case, however, the trial court held that there was really no defect in the machine ; that it was constructed as was…
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