Kraczek v. Falk Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: WaRREN D. TabbaNt, Circuit Judge. Action for damages for personal injury. Tbe plaintiff was employed as a cbainman in defendant’s foundry, and bad been so employed for five or six months before be was injured. There were a number of cranes used in tbe foundry that were operated by electricity and that ran on tracks above tbe floor upon which tbe work of molding was carried on.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: WaRREN D. TabbaNt, Circuit Judge. Action for damages for personal injury. Tbe plaintiff was employed as a cbainman in defendant’s foundry, and bad been so employed for five or six months before be was injured. There were a number of cranes used in tbe foundry that were operated by electricity and that ran on tracks above tbe floor upon which tbe work of molding was carried on. These cranes were used to convey buckets containing molten metal from one part of tbe factory to another and to convey the empty buckets after the iron…
1Opinion of the CourtBaeNes, J.
The third and fourth findings made by the jury are contrary to the direct and positive evidence of at least two witnesses and are not supported by any evidence whatever. It is true that the plaintiff, after testifying two or three times that he did not know whether the hook at the southwest corner of the cope was caught in the handle or whether it had been removed therefrom and caught on the flange of the cope after the crane started to move, did say on redirect examination that the hook was caught in the handle. On recross-examination he explained his apparently inconsistent statements by…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bain v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
- Portance v. Lehigh Valley Coal Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
- Gierczak v. Northwestern Fuel Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1910
3Cited by1 opinion
- Strang v. City of KenoshaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1921