... the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee: Proridfd. General Laws of the State of Minnesota - Page 253by Minnesota - 1915Full view - About this book
| Kentucky - 1918 - 808 pages
...virtue of any of the provisions of this act to recover damages for personal injury to any employe, or where such injuries have resulted in his death, the fact that the employe may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, but the damages shall... | |
| New Jersey. Supreme Court - 1916 - 848 pages
...statute which deals with this matter, and which is in the following words : "The fact that the employe may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall...proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employe," and then said to them : "If you find that plaintiff's intestate was guilty of contributory... | |
| Georgia. Supreme Court - 1882 - 874 pages
...his own negligence ; and if the complainant and the company be both at fault, the former may recover, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of fault attributable to him. In construing these sections of our Code as enactments in pari... | |
| Georgia. Supreme Court - 1886 - 990 pages
...case, and the agents of the company are both in fault, the former, that is, the plaintiff, may recover, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of the fault attributable to him, the plaintiff. (4.) Because the court charged as follows:... | |
| Georgia. Supreme Court - 1885 - 952 pages
...ยง3034 is: "If the complainant and the agents of the company are both at fault, the former may recover, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of default attributable to him." Both contain the doctrine of contributory negligence and the... | |
| Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1917 - 824 pages
...under or by virtue of * * * the provisions of this act to recover damages, for personal injuries to an employee, or where such injuries have resulted in...amount of negligence attributable to such employee. * * *" Defendant's counsel urged to the trial court, and now argue in their brief, that there was no... | |
| Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1915 - 808 pages
...roadbed, works, boats, wharves or other equipment.' Section 3 of this act provides, in part, as follows: " 'The fact that the employee may have been guilty of...amount of negligence attributable to such employee.' "The trial judge instructed the jury according to the provisions of section 3 of the act in paragraph... | |
| Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1916 - 812 pages
...under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this act to recover damages for personal injury to an employee, or where such injuries have resulted in...contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery: Provided, that the negligence of such employee was of a lesser degree than the negligence of such company,... | |
| Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1914 - 828 pages
...virtue of any of the provisions of this act to recover damages for personal injury to an employee, * * * the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery: Provided, that the negligence of such employee was of a lesser degree than the negligence of such company,... | |
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