 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...  Supreme Court Reporter - Page 142by United States. Supreme Court - 1908Full view - About this book
 | 1926 - 964 pages
...part of the defendant, contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff does not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to the plaintiff.— Id. 13. ASSUMPTION or RISK — IMPROFER LOADING OF CAR — DUTY TO... | |
 | 1926 - 1008 pages
...part of the defendant, contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff does not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to the plaintiff.— Id. 13. ASSUMPTION OF RISK — IMPROFER LOADING OF CAR — DUTY TO... | |
 | 1916 - 942 pages
...contributory negligence was slight and that of the employer was gross, in comparison, but the damages may be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee, and it shall be conclusively presumed that such employee was not guilty of contributory negligence... | |
 | 1920 - 944 pages
...negligence was slight, while that of the employer was gross in comparison, but that the damages might be . diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee, the appellate court must assume in support of the judgment that if the evidence in any particular did... | |
 | Mississippi. Supreme Court, Thomas Alexander Marshall, William C. Smedes, Volney Erskine Howard, Robert John Walker, John Franklin Cushman, James Zachariah George - 1916 - 1048 pages
...negligent, then such damages as you would have awarded plaintiff had he been free from negligence should be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to Harris, if anv." RV Fletcher and Mayes & Mayes, for appellants. TS Ward and HB Greaves,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia - 1971 - 692 pages
...may have been guilty of contributory negligence or assumption of risk shall not bar a recovery, but damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence or the risk assumed attributable to the person injured, or the owner of the property, or the person... | |
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court - 1916 - 648 pages
...reduce the liability of the defendant company. The provision of the statute, in this respect, is that "the damages shall be diminished by the Jury in proportion to the amount of négligence attributable to such employé." Hence the rule, requiring a defendant to plead... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1917 - 800 pages
...contributory negligence of the injured employee does not bar recovery as the act requires only that the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion...amount of negligence attributable to such employee. — W. Ry. of Ala. v. Mays, 367. 2. Pleading. Negligence; Pleading. — Where the complaint alleged... | |
 | Minnesota. Supreme Court - 1914 - 668 pages
...the negligence of fellow employees, that contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, but that the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion...amount of negligence attributable to such employee, is applicable to a night brakeman while sleeping in a caboose between runs. — Moore v. Minneapolis... | |
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