Miami Copper Co. v. Strohl

The appellee, as plaintiff, commenced an action in the court below to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him while in the employment of appellant, the defendant. The defendant was, at the time of the injury, engaged in the operation of a mine, and the plaintiff was employed as a pumpman, whose duties required him to descend in the shaft of defendant’s mine by means of a cage furnished by defendant. The gravamen of the plaintiff’s complaint is that defendant failed in its duty as an employer to furnish him with safe appliances and a safe place by which to enter those parts of…