Raasch v. Elite Laundry Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $10,000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Brill, J., and a jury,' which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $8,500. Prom an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, but granting a motion for a new trial, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Appellant company had in use in its laundry an ironing mangle of ordinary pattern, which was heated and operated by steam, and consisted of a steel cylinder about four feet in diameter, and a series of felt rolls about six inches in diameter, with a number of other rolls, pulleys, aprons, etc. Close to the cylinder was located a small roller, called the “whipper,” and its purpose was to separate the articles and fabrics from the surface of the cylinder and cause them to pass, by means of aprons and other appliances, to a delivery platform on the other side of the mangle. It was respondent’s…
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