Hansen v. Northwestern Fuel Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action, in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $5,000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Hanft, J., who at the close of the testimony granted the motion of defendant to dismiss the case as a common law action and that the court either grant or deny compensation'under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. From an order denying his motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Dibell, J:
Action to recover damages for personal injuries. The ease was dismissed, as a common law action, and retained for an award of compensation according to the terms of the compensation act. The plaintifE appeals from 'an order denying his motion for a new trial.
1. The plaintiff was in the employ of the Standard Laundry Company in St. Paul. He was run over by a truck of the defendant company. All three, the plaintiff, the defendant and the laundry company, were under the compensation act.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover on the defendant’s common law liability. The answer…
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