Simplex Railway Appliance Co. v. Kameradt
Indiana Supreme Court
Prom Lake Superior Court; Thomas M. C. Eembroff, Special Judge. Action by Prank Kameradt against the Simples Railway Appliance Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals. (Transferred from the Appellate Court under §1405 Burns 1908, Acts 1901 p. 590.)
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
Action by appellee against appellant for personal injuries. It is alleged in the complaint that appellant was engaged in manufacturing car springs, and tested its products by means of a machine called a spring tester; that appellee’s hand was injured in the machine because of the negligence of a fellow servant named Barman who was operating the machine, and who was incompetent to do such work; that defendant was negligent in the employment of such incompetent operator.
In the bed of this machine was a plunger, driven upward, by steam power, against the spring inserted, so as to crush the same…
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- Walkowski v. Penokee & Gogebic Consolidated MinesMichigan Supreme Court · 1898
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