Kaler v. Swift & Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. M. Millard, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1911. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from a judgment recovered by appellee, for injuries received by him, while in the employ of appellant. The one count of which the declaration consisted, charged that it was the duty of appellant to use reasonable care to furnish appellee a reasonably safe place in which to do his work, but that disregarding that duty appellant negligently failed and omitted to furnish or supply on the fifth floor of the building, where appellee was employed, any natural or artificial light, by which he would be enabled to work…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Illinois Central Railroad v. HeathIllinois Supreme Court · 1907