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DE KEUSTER v. GREEN BAY & W. R. CO

264 Wis. 476 (1953)

DE KEUSTER, Respondent, vs. GREEN BAY & WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

July 3, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Welsh, Trowbridge, Wilmer & Bills of Green Bay, and oral argument by Fred N. Trowbridge.

For the respondent there was a brief by Cohen, Parins & Cherney of Green Bay, and oral argument by Colburn G. Cherney.

BROWN, J.

Under the Federal Employers' Liability Act it is a railroad's duty to furnish a reasonably safe place for its employee to work and reasonably safe tools and appliances with which to work. This duty is not an absolute one but the railroad must exercise reasonable care to that end. Baltimore & Ohio S. W. R. Co. v. Carroll (1930), 280 U.S. 491, 50 Sup. Ct. 182, 74 L. Ed. 566...

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