The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-21
INJURY
SUITS NUMEROUS
District Court Calendar Is Bur.
dened With Them-Larqest
Verdict Is $500.


of way in the district court yesterday,
and the cases in which verdicts were
rendered involving more than enough
to pay the salary of the president of
the United States for one year, or to be.
more exact, $61, 1856.
Six new cases were commenced, four
against railroads and two against the.
city, in which more than 100000 is in.
volved. The cases on trial and those in
which verdicts were rendered involved
sums ranging from $500 to $4,000, but
the largest verdict secured amounted
to but $4,000 in suit where $4,000
was asked, the smallest being SIS, in
suit for $4,000
Following are the cases:
Boy Loses Two Fingers.
Cummings Flaherty, the father Of
John Flaherty, q minor, sues the Chi
cago Great Western Railway company
to recover $4,000 damages for injuries
sustained by the minor son while the
latter was in the employ of the Great
Western. The plaintiff alleges that his
son was employed in the yards of the
company in West ST. Paul, it being his
duty to attend switches, clean at en-
gineS and attend to other duties. 1t is
charged that on July 26, 1903, the boy
was under an engine taking the ashes
therefrom, when the engine started
forward suddenly and without warn
ing, the wheels running over and
crushing the boys left hand. The in
jury was of such a nature that two
fingers had to be amputated, and the
father has demanded, in the suit
brought by him, that the company set
tie for the injury by paying $4,000.
Brakeman Loses His Foot.
John E. Jennings is the plaintiff in a
suit brought yesterday against the Chi
| cago, st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
| Railway company for damages in the
sum of $4,000, which Jennings de-
| mands as balm for the injuries he al
legeS he received as a result of the
company's negligence while he was en-
played as brakeman. Jennings says
| that on Nov. %, while performing his
| duty as a brakeman, he was ordered to
go between two freight cars IN the
yards at Itasca for the purpose of max
ing an air coupling. While he was be-
| tween the cars, he says the train was
| suddenly started and he was thrown to
| the. ground in such a position that his
foot was on the rail, where it was
crushed by the wheels of the train
which passed over it. Jennings al
| legeS that the train was started with
| out any warning and with the knowl-
edge that he was between the cars.
Freight Handler Sues for $500.
James Elliott yesterday commenced
an action against the Great Northern
Railway company to recover damages
in the sum of $500 for injuries alleged
to have been sustained while he was in
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| handler at its yards in ST. Paul.
| Elliott says he was employed in the
| capacity of freight handler, and that
| on Aug. 81, 1903, while he was engaged
| in unloading a car of freight the car
| was suddenly jerked forward and a
large box containing heavy freight fell
| upon his foot crushing it so badly that
number of the bones were broken.
| The plaintiff contends that the acct
| dent was the result of negligence on
| the part of the defendant company and
| he has brought suit to recover $500.
Gets $4,000 for a Broken Leg.
In the personal injury damage suit
| brought by John Dell against James E..
McGrath, jury in Judge Brills court
yesterday returned a verdict in favor
| of the plaintiff for $4,000 -
] The plaintiff was a logger, employed
In Aitkin county, and was engaged in
| work known among the loggers as
| swapping. He was later put at work
| skidding, of which he was ignorant,
and while on top of load of logs, the
| logs commenced rolling and he was
| injured to the extent of a fracture of
one of his legs.
| Judge Orr had on trial yesterday the
case of John P. Schmidt against the
Anheuser-Busch Brewing company, a
| suit in which the plaintiff demands
| damages in the sum Of $4,000. The
| plaintiff was in the employ of the
brewing company and a team he was
| driving ran away, resulting in a num-
Der of injuries to himself. He says the
| team was unmana geabIe, but the
| brewing company contends that the
plaintiff secured his employment with
them by representing that he was a
| capable man with horses
The personal injury damage suit Of
| Theodore LaschinSky, as the father Of
August Laschinsky, against the Amer
lean Can company, is on trial for the
| second time, the first trial having re-
suited in a disagreement of the jury
| Suit is brought for 1880 damages for
injuries said to have been sustained
by the son while he was in the employ
OF the defendant company He lost a
portion Of finger on his right hand
in one of the machines used at the
plant and the allegation is made that
| the machine was defective.
Sues the Milwaukee.
The Milwaukee road is the defendant
In suit brought yesterday by Edward
| +. Sklenar, who asks damages in the
| sum of $1,960 for injuries alleged TO
have been sustained by stepping into
| a hole at the Duke street crossing of
the road on West Seventh street. 1t is
alleged that the defendant company
violated the law by permitting the
crossing to become defective
Jacob L. Smith yesterday brought
suit against the city for damages,
amounting to $1,025, for injuries al
legged to have been sustained by reason
of his falling through manhole on
| West Seventh street. He SAYS he
stepped on the covering of the man
hole and that it turned, causing him
to fall into the hole. Smith is a mail
carrier and he alleges that his Injuries
prevented him from performing his
duties for some time
Jane Sullivan is the plaintiff in an
action brought against the city yess
terday for $4,000 damages The plain
tiff alleges that she was walking along
| Wacouta street and received a fall as
a result of defective place In the
| sidewalk.
/ leonard PihoJv +ho