HAKE v. SOO LINE RY. CO.

No. 46602.

258 N.W.2d 576 (1977)

Daniel W. HAKE, Respondent, v. SOO LINE RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 9, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. McPartland, Minneapolis, for appellant.

MacDonald & Munger, John G. Fillenworth and A. Blake MacDonald, Duluth, for respondent.

Heard before ROGOSHESKE, PETERSON, and KELLY, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


PETERSON, Justice.

Plaintiff, Daniel W. Hake, was employed as a laborer by Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association (FUGTA) in Superior, Wisconsin. He sustained personal injuries on July 20, 1973, when the 460-pound door of Soo Line Railroad Car No. 44558, which he was attempting to close, fell off and struck him, crushing his knee. Defendant, Soo Line Railway Company, owned the boxcar which was delivered to FUGTA to be emptied of grain carried from Fredonia, North...

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