Addyston Pipe & Steel Co. v. Copple
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 47 — PETITION ORDINARY — No brief filed. Under the circumstances attending’ the settlement the burden was on the defendant to show'that no advantage was taken of plaintiff in its' procurement.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Bennett
The appellee brings this suit against the appellant to recover damages for the loss of a leg, caused by the .gross neglect of the appellant in knowingly having defective machinery for the appellee to work with while in its employment, and of which defect the appellee did not know, and which defect caused the machinery to give way and broke the appellee’s leg. The appellee recovered four thousand five hundred dollars damages for said injury. The appellant has appealed from that judgment.
The appellant traversed the allegation of defective machinery and. negligence. It pleaded the further fact…
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