 Act to recover damages for personal injuries to an employee, or where such injuries have resulted in his death, 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 Federal Reporter - Page 2141907Full view - About this book
 | Railroad law - 1897 - 772 pages
...negligence. If the complainant and the agent 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 fault attributable to him," — and without proper explanation, and in the same connection,... | |
 | Railroad law - 1899 - 932 pages
...although the plaintiff may in some way have contributed to the injury sustained, but in that event the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the default attributable to him Code, §§ 2972, 3033, 3034, and citations." Branham v. Central R. Co.,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 1068 pages
...both the defendant and the husband of plaintiff, then the plaintiff may recover, but the damages must be diminished by the jury In proportion to the amount of negligence of which the husband of the plaintiff was guilty." And refused the following Instructions requested... | |
 | Idaho. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1913 - 930 pages
...although he may have by his own negligence contributed to the injury; but the damages in such case shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the...amount of negligence attributable to such employee. Here the common-law doctrine of contributory negligence is abrogated in the interest of the employee,... | |
 | Michigan State Bar Association - 1905 - 708 pages
...the rule of contributory negligence by providing that in cases of contributory negligence "the damage shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employe." I presume that most of us would approach this question' with great hesitation ; many of us... | |
 | 1906 - 960 pages
...of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery where his contributory negligence was slight and that of the employer was gross in comparison, but...proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employe. All questions of negligence and contributory negligence shall be for the jury. SEC. 3. That... | |
 | 1908 - 760 pages
...1906: "The fact that the employe may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar recovery but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in...proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employe," provided contributory negligence is not to be considered at all against the employe where... | |
 | William Lamartine Snyder - Antitrust law - 1906 - 654 pages
...declares that " the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence was slight, and that of the employer was gross in comparison, but the damages shall be diminished by the proof in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee." The disposition of... | |
 | William Lamartine Snyder - Antitrust law - 1906 - 250 pages
...declares that " the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence was slight, and that of the employer was gross in comparison, but the damages shall be diminished by the proof in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee." The disposition of... | |
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