Glass v. Hazen Confectionery Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort at common law for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant at its candy factory, as stated in the opinion. Writ dated May 6, 1908. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Dana, J. The facts in evidence are stated in the opinion.
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Tort at common law for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant at its candy factory, as stated in the opinion. Writ dated May 6, 1908. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Dana, J. The facts in evidence are stated in the opinion. The testimony of experts, referred to in the last paragraph of the opinion, which was admitted subject to exceptions by the defendant, was as follows: One Fairbairn, an expert testifying for the plaintiff, was asked in direct examination, “Assuming that this machine here is a candy cutting machine with nothing on…
1Opinion of the CourtDeCourcy, J.
The plaintiff, an employee of the defendant, was injured by the revolving knives of a caramel cutting machine. The parts of the machine involved in the case are an endless canvas belt or apron revolving in a horizontal plane, two rolls or rollers which move the apron by friction, and the series of circular parallel knives rotating above the apron. When the power is applied the operator places on the moving apron a tray containing a batch of caramel, and the candy thus carried is cut into strips the first time and into squares the second time it passes beneath the knives. At the time of the…
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