Reddon v. Union Pacific Railway Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe district court of the third district, and from an order refusing a new trial. The seventh instruction given was as follows: 7. You are further charged, gentlemen of the jury, that the defendant was not the insurer of the safety of the plaintiff in its employ.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe district court of the third district, and from an order refusing a new trial. The seventh instruction given was as follows: 7. You are further charged, gentlemen of the jury, that the defendant was not the insurer of the safety of the plaintiff in its employ. It simply engaged to exercise ordinary care, to keep the mine and the workings in a reasonably safe condition, and if it failed to do so it is liable to the plaintiff for any injury which may have befallen him by reason of such failure, while the plaintiff was engaged in the due course of his employment,…
1Opinion of the Court
Henderson, J.:
The plaintiff seeks in this action to recover against the defendant damages on account or a personal injury which he received while in its employ as a laborer in its coal mine. The evidence on the part of the plaintiff tended to *349show, that the defendant was the owner of and was operating a coal mine known as the “Grass Creek Mine;” that the mine consisted of extensive under-ground workings; requiring the services of a large number of miners and workmen; that during the time in controversy one Thomas Thomas was defendant’s foreman, and as such had entire supervision of the mine…
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